Nur-Sultan vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$2456
🏠 One person rent	$412	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$460
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$94.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$1386
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	45	73
😀 Quality of life	69	72
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.85M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 12% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 6663rd and 6014th ($823 vs $938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Kazakhstan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 4272nd and 2806th 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	$8.67	$4.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$273
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$177
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$54.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	2.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$3086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$3103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$3.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$37.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$65
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$5481

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$904
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$884
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$844
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$868
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$874
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$942
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$687
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$921
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$889
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$989
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$892
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$792
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1123
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$648
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$729
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$979
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$673
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$679
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$612
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$474
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$473
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$705
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$600
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$672
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$682
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$640
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$689
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$954
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$717
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$774
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$777
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$638
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$686