Nur-Sultan vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$362	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$1127
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	42	70
😀 Quality of life	68	71
🏙️ Population	1.08M	12.7M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 6% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6947th and 6778th ($729 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 31st in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.5 months in Suzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 4595th and 3523rd 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	$8.4	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$15339

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610