Nur-Sultan vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$2477
🏠 One person rent	$378	$324
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$1084
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	43	93
😀 Quality of life	64	83
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.33M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 10% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 6525th and 6227th ($780 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 6th in Kazakhstan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Taoyuan ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 4508th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Taoyuan

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	Nur-Sultan	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$4.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$563
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$69.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$16.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$7902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$4753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$8.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$3.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$8.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$9.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$7.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$9.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$531
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$13630

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$828
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$864
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1060
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1158
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$698
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$745
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1028
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$931
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$841
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$818
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$761
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$707
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$661
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$841
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$801
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$683
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$666
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$654
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$821
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$807
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$719
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$776
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$673
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$712
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$642
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$719
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$702
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$643
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$592
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$605
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$731
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$708
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$633
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$691