Nur-Sultan vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$2737
🏠 One person rent	$378	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$1275
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	43	74
😀 Quality of life	64	80
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.87M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 7% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 6525th and 6292nd ($780 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 9th 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 1.5 months in Tainan. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 4508th and 499th 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	$10.4	$4.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$23.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$693
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$2874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$20.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$8.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$2.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$9.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$12.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$51.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$18526

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719