Nur-Sultan vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$376	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1728
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	15
😀 Quality of life	64	47
🏙️ Population	1.08M	886K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 29% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 6565th and 4967th ($770 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4554th and 6450th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Tabuk

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	Nur-Sultan	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$8574

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028