Nur-Sultan vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$376	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	84
😀 Quality of life	64	81
🏙️ Population	1.08M	3.03M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 14% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 6565th and 6071st ($770 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Kazakhstan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 4554th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Taichung

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	Nur-Sultan	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671