Nur-Sultan vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$376	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	96
😀 Quality of life	64	60
🏙️ Population	1.08M	8.69M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 2% less expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 6565th and 6486th ($770 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Kazakhstan and Iran, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 4554th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Tehran

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	Nur-Sultan	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510