Nur-Sultan vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$357	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	8
😀 Quality of life	68	48
🏙️ Population	1.08M	24.7K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 56% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7085th and 3471st ($732 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Kazakhstan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 4594th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Victoria

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	Nur-Sultan	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419