Nur-Sultan vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$785
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2005	$1937
🏠 One person rent	$395	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$726	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.3	$46.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$626	$418
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	45
😀 Quality of life	63	55
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.86M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 4% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6335th and 6424th ($814 vs $785) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.5 months in Tashkent. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 4845th and 5942nd 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	$11.1	$6.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$27.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$471	$547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$916	$1086
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$687
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$27.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$13.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	21.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$1380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$815	$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$3.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$5.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.15	$3.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$4.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$53.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$258
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8086	$8199

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$416
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$682
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$692
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$682
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$680
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$674
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$473
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$558
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$479
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$582
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$647
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$479
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$564
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$434
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$562
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$638
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$475
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$529
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$416
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$399
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$653
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$560
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$398
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$504
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$446
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$671
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$658
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$935