Nur-Sultan vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$362	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	43
😀 Quality of life	68	61
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 16% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6947th and 6373rd ($729 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 4595th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nur-Sultan	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$6621

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600