Nur-Sultan vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$357	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$244
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	47
😀 Quality of life	68	55
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.57M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 30% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7085th and 8262nd ($732 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 38th in Kazakhstan and Iran, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 4594th and 6346th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Shiraz

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	Nur-Sultan	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$1920

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$547
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$523
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$541
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$489
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$487
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$545
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$465
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$492
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$479
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$545
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$565
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$500
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$481
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$476
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$823
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$707
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$556
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1309
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1037
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1192
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1109
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$931
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$546
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1923
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698