Nur-Sultan vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$376	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1050
😷 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 12% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 6565th and 6171st ($770 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 4554th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Nur-Sultan vs Taoyuan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nur-sultan/taoyuan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nur-Sultan vs Taoyuan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nur-sultan/taoyuan" target="_blank">Nur-Sultan vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Taoyuan

Prices for goods and services in Nur-Sultan and Taoyuan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nur-Sultan	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$18619

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443