Nur-Sultan vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$376	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$407
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	43
😀 Quality of life	64	56
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.4M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 15% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6565th and 6004th ($770 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 4554th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nur-Sultan	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$6410

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598