Nur-Sultan vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$376	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	50
😀 Quality of life	64	48
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.57M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 31% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6565th and 7787th ($770 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 34th in Kazakhstan and Iran, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 4554th and 6352nd 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	$9.99	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$2161

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723