Nur-Sultan vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$1935
🏠 One person rent	$412	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$470
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$67
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$1162
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	45	81
😀 Quality of life	69	74
🏙️ Population	1.08M	13.9M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 21% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 6663rd and 7400th ($823 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 83rd in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.7 months in Tianjin. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 2024th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Tianjin

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	Nur-Sultan	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.67	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$23.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$294
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$206
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$528
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$40.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$62.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$7.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$5320
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$2347
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$9.85
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$4.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$18.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$3.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$5.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$5.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$4.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$16.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$7.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$60.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$3.49
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$37.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$577
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$16559

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$672
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$740
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$666
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$645
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$800
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$623
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$720
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1108
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$764
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$666
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$576
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$574
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$697
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$480
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$599
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$648
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$541
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$525
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$511
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$556
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$480
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$759
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$722
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$668
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$589
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$541
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$541
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$541
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$646
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$549
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$579
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$582
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$521
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$680
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$576
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$546