Nur-Sultan vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$362	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$3535
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	42	98
😀 Quality of life	68	95
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.97M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 66% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6947th and 1640th ($729 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Austria, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 4595th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Vienna

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	Nur-Sultan	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946