Nur-Sultan vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$376	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	20
😀 Quality of life	64	45
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.29M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 66% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 6565th and 8801st ($770 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Libya, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Libya 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 Tripoli. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 4554th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Tripoli

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	Nur-Sultan	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058