Nur-Sultan vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	100
😀 Quality of life	64	100
🏙️ Population	1.08M	4.84M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 70% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6565th and 745th ($770 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Australia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4554th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Sydney

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	Nur-Sultan	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683