Nur-Sultan vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$376	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	46
😀 Quality of life	64	55
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.96M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 10% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6565th and 6253rd ($770 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 4554th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Tashkent

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	Nur-Sultan	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785