Nur-Sultan vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$2488
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1579
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$2615
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$3246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	43	78
😀 Quality of life	64	92
🏙️ Population	1.08M	662K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 69% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 6565th and 819th ($770 vs $2488) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Kazakhstan and Canada, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 4554th and 86th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Vancouver

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	Nur-Sultan	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$1747
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$1392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$3049
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$2320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$55.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$6774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$3.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$17240

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759