Nur-Sultan vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$376	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	43	95
😀 Quality of life	64	86
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.6M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 35% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6565th and 4534th ($770 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4554th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Taipei

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	Nur-Sultan	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581