Nur-Sultan vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$827
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$2080
🏠 One person rent	$357	$428
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$322
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	47
😀 Quality of life	68	56
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.96M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 11% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 7085th and 6652nd ($732 vs $827) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.4 months in Tashkent. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 4594th and 6254th 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	$8.16	$5.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$4.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$626
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$53.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	23.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$1857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$3.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$8.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$6.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$2.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$5.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$25.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$42.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$309
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$10127

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$736
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$609
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$562
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$585
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$635
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$590
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$619
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$653
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$553
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$561
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$653
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$521
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$692
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$477
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$505
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$447
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$484
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$533
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$735
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$621
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$513
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$436
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$757
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$503
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$454
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$616
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$580
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$457
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$575
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$565
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$866