Nur-Sultan vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$362	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$1836
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	42	61
😀 Quality of life	68	83
🏙️ Population	1.08M	581K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 48% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 6947th and 4221st ($729 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Lithuania, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 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 4595th and 544th 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	$8.4	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522