Nur-Sultan vs Urfa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Urfa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1752
🏠 One person rent	$362	$281
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$659
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	42	22
😀 Quality of life	68	46
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.99M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 10% more expensive than in Urfa. Cities ranked 6947th and 7336th ($729 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 74th in Kazakhstan and Turkey, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1 months in Urfa. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Urfa ranked 60th in Turkey, while ranked 4595th and 6966th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Urfa

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	Nur-Sultan	Urfa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$6.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$31.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$48.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	41.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$1896
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$716
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$17.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$6.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$8.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$1.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$3.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$1.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$6.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$4.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$38.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$8570

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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 Urfa

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Akcakale	$625
81 km or 51 mi	Adiyaman	$693
87 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$610
90 km or 56 mi	Nizip	$612
117 km or 73 mi	Ceylanpinar	$603
125 km or 78 mi	Gaziantep	$602
133 km or 82 mi	Derik	$587
136 km or 84 mi	Raqqa	$483
139 km or 86 mi	Malatya	$627
152 km or 95 mi	Diyarbakir	$571
157 km or 97 mi	Cinar	$582
157 km or 97 mi	Kilis	$600
170 km or 106 mi	Kahramanmaras	$704
172 km or 107 mi	Elazig	$622
173 km or 108 mi	Mardin	$559
181 km or 113 mi	Aleppo	$535
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Hasakah	$472
192 km or 119 mi	Islahiye	$530
205 km or 127 mi	Hassa	$544
215 km or 134 mi	Nusaybin	$587
215 km or 134 mi	Qamishli	$464
222 km or 138 mi	Reyhanli	$619
222 km or 138 mi	Batman	$624
226 km or 140 mi	Osmaniye	$337
236 km or 147 mi	Idlib	$543
237 km or 147 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$486
240 km or 149 mi	Kadirli	$550
244 km or 151 mi	Bingol	$552
252 km or 156 mi	Iskenderun	$591
259 km or 161 mi	Antakya	$659
264 km or 164 mi	Ceyhan	$599
265 km or 165 mi	Kozan	$623
278 km or 173 mi	Samandag	$647
288 km or 179 mi	Siirt	$596
290 km or 180 mi	Sinjar	$402
290 km or 180 mi	Hama	$438
294 km or 183 mi	Erzincan	$623
294 km or 183 mi	Mus	$573
302 km or 188 mi	Cizre	$591
308 km or 191 mi	Adana	$791