Nur-Sultan vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$974
🏠 One person rent	$357	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$292
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$159
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$310
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	40
😀 Quality of life	68	60
🏙️ Population	1.08M	5.94M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 6% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 7085th and 7286th ($732 vs $693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Kazakhstan and India, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs India 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 Surat. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Surat ranked 23rd in India, while ranked 4594th and 5975th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Surat

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	Nur-Sultan	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$3.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$3.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$471
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$220
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$489
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$5.49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$4.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$6.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$1.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$0.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$2.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$58.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$929

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$382
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$373
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$294
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$362
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$379
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$475
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$310
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$733
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$378
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$302
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$344
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$502
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$297
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$324
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$355
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$257
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$326
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$284
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$268
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$286
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$385
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$331
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$282
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$301
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$282
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$317
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$303
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$321
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$360
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$326
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$319