Nur-Sultan vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$1290
🏠 One person rent	$412	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$361
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$162
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$22.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	47
😀 Quality of life	69	41
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.57M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 63% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6663rd and 8645th ($823 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 48th in Kazakhstan and Iran, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shiraz ranked 30th in Iran, while ranked 4272nd and 7725th 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	$8.67	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$2.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.93
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$0.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$300
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$15.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$24.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	23.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$1062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$3.12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$2.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$0.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$2.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$2.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$9.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$6.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$5.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$79.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$22.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$2115

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$485
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$471
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$497
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$457
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$459
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$494
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$454
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$469
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$451
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$521
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$517
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$454
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$452
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$778
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$703
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$917
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$522
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$548
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1340
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1059
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1218
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1062
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$965
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$700
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$496
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$2015
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$694