Nur-Sultan vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$376	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	43	70
😀 Quality of life	64	68
🏙️ Population	1.08M	12.7M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 11% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6565th and 6198th ($770 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 18th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 4554th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Suzhou

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	Nur-Sultan	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613