Nur-Sultan vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1261
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$376	$686
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$387
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1615
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	62
😀 Quality of life	64	80
🏙️ Population	1.08M	581K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 39% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 6565th and 4316th ($770 vs $1261) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Lithuania, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Lithuania 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 Vilnius. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 4554th and 529th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Vilnius

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	Nur-Sultan	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$54.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$7.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$4.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1330
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$856
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	4.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$5319
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$3255
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$30.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$9.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$5.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$8.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$49.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$72.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$582
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$8531

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$847
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$850
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1150
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$936
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$882
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$950
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$385
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$843
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1016
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$727
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$840
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1025
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$570
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$935
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$804
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$761
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$933
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1113
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$964
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1299
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$969
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$435
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$469
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$438
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$300
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$835
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$953
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$474
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$882
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$869
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1302