Nur-Sultan vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1466
🏠 One person rent	$376	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$484
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$283
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$15.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$244
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	58
😀 Quality of life	64	39
🏙️ Population	1.08M	116K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 23% more expensive than in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Cities ranked 6565th and 7383rd ($770 vs $627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Sri Lanka comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.4 months in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 4th in Sri Lanka, while ranked 4554th and 7038th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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	Nur-Sultan	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$503
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$426
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$28.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$14.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	15.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$10.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$6.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$6.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$8.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$2.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$2.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$23.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$3.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$4.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$30.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$32.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$4137

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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 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Colombo	$631
23 km or 14 mi	Gampaha	$429
36 km or 22 mi	Negombo	$467
49 km or 30 mi	Beruwala	$580
91 km or 57 mi	Kandy	$425
101 km or 63 mi	Galle	$498
126 km or 78 mi	Matara	$502
169 km or 105 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
235 km or 146 mi	Trincomalee	$546
287 km or 178 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
308 km or 192 mi	Nagercoil	$275
317 km or 197 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
377 km or 234 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
390 km or 242 mi	Madurai	$310
407 km or 253 mi	Varkala	$287
428 km or 266 mi	Kollam	$244
440 km or 274 mi	Dindigul	$316
442 km or 274 mi	Thanjavur	$302
457 km or 284 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
479 km or 297 mi	Kottayam	$306
525 km or 326 mi	Kochi	$383
526 km or 327 mi	Ernakulam	$346
540 km or 335 mi	Cuddalore	$306
542 km or 336 mi	Tiruppur	$300
550 km or 342 mi	Erode	$295
559 km or 348 mi	Coimbatore	$339
559 km or 348 mi	Pondicherry	$360
562 km or 349 mi	Salem	$304
573 km or 356 mi	Thrissur	$294
624 km or 388 mi	Malappuram	$306
664 km or 413 mi	Kozhikode	$325
676 km or 420 mi	Vellore	$258
689 km or 428 mi	Chennai	$430
700 km or 435 mi	Mysore	$311
706 km or 439 mi	Chittoor	$354
721 km or 448 mi	Bangalore	$533
745 km or 463 mi	Kannur	$344
753 km or 468 mi	Tirupati	$315
755 km or 469 mi	Madanapalle	$346
767 km or 476 mi	Hulhumale	$1651