Nur-Sultan vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$927
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$2221
🏠 One person rent	$357	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$858
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$44.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$436
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	45	44
😀 Quality of life	68	62
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 21% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 7085th and 6169th ($732 vs $927) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 4594th and 5662nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Nur-Sultan	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$29.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$5.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$482
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$888
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$755
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$1825
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$9.43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$4.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$5.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$9.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$1.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$19.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$73.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$191
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$7641

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$903
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$722
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$771
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$767
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$970
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$650
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1010
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$691
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$679
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$555
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$640
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1392
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$667
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$651
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$655
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$543
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$804
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$770
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$636
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$666
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$590
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$566
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$610
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$582
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$581
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$605
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$495
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$555
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$500
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$633
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$484
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$567
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$426
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$709
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$566
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$613
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1044
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$454
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$635