Nur-Sultan vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$362	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$1477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	42	74
😀 Quality of life	68	83
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.87M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 18% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 6947th and 6262nd ($729 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 12th in Kazakhstan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 4595th and 549th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Tainan

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	Nur-Sultan	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$6518

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696