Nur-Sultan vs Tirana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Tirana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2462
🏠 One person rent	$376	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$807
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$698
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	45
😀 Quality of life	64	67
🏙️ Population	1.08M	418K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 24% less expensive than in Tirana. Cities ranked 6565th and 5400th ($770 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Albania, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Albania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.7 months in Tirana. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tirana ranked 1st in Albania, while ranked 4554th and 3525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Tirana

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	Nur-Sultan	Tirana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$9.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$45.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1004
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$68.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	5.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$3096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$2.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$8.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$5391

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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 Tirana

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Kamez	$935
30 km or 19 mi	Durres	$772
33 km or 20 mi	Elbasan	$639
70 km or 44 mi	Berat	$749
72 km or 45 mi	Fier	$614
83 km or 52 mi	Ulcinj	$965
85 km or 53 mi	Ohrid	$636
86 km or 54 mi	Shkoder	$679
102 km or 63 mi	Vlore	$746
104 km or 65 mi	Bar	$972
112 km or 70 mi	Korce	$765
122 km or 76 mi	Tetovo	$682
131 km or 81 mi	Bitola	$635
132 km or 82 mi	Podgorica	$975
133 km or 83 mi	Budva	$1117
140 km or 87 mi	Cetinje	$816
141 km or 88 mi	Plav	$1030
145 km or 90 mi	Prilep	$537
150 km or 93 mi	Kotor	$1150
152 km or 95 mi	Skopje	$772
162 km or 100 mi	Sarande	$987
168 km or 105 mi	Veles	$545
169 km or 105 mi	Berane	$1070
175 km or 109 mi	Brindisi	$1164
176 km or 110 mi	Lecce	$1182
181 km or 112 mi	Ptolemaida	$1042
181 km or 113 mi	Kumanovo	$588
182 km or 113 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
183 km or 114 mi	Kavadarci	$556
186 km or 115 mi	Pristina	$595
190 km or 118 mi	Corfu	$1056
192 km or 119 mi	Cavtat	$1187
193 km or 120 mi	Mitrovica	$463
199 km or 124 mi	Ostuni	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	Kozani	$943
202 km or 126 mi	Stip	$561
203 km or 126 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
205 km or 127 mi	Ioannina	$930
210 km or 131 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
219 km or 136 mi	Veria	$1027