Nur-Sultan vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$2138
🏠 One person rent	$378	$300
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$68.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$1012
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	43	90
😀 Quality of life	64	71
🏙️ Population	1.08M	13.9M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 10% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 6525th and 6862nd ($780 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 81st in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.4 months in Tianjin. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tianjin ranked 10th in China, while ranked 4508th and 2285th 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	$10.4	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$204
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$1072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$43.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$67.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$8.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$7862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$2825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$2.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$9.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$5.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$3.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$79.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$16590

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595

Cities near Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$700
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$734
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$679
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$693
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$786
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$720
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$742
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$611
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1067
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$620
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$649
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$714
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$677
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$482
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$668
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$572
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$605
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$670
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$614
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$677
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$869
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$760
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$748
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$588
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$568
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$616
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$555
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$547
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$670
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$597
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$632
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$581
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$526
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$618