Nur-Sultan vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	86
😀 Quality of life	64	93
🏙️ Population	1.08M	2.79M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 69% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6565th and 861st ($770 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Kazakhstan and Canada, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 4554th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Toronto

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	Nur-Sultan	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095