Nur-Sultan vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$357	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$4145
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	99
😀 Quality of life	68	98
🏙️ Population	1.08M	5.45M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 74% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7085th and 348th ($732 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Australia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4594th 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	$8.16	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$21946

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864