Nur-Sultan vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$376	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	94
😀 Quality of life	64	83
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.86M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 52% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6565th and 3022nd ($770 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Kazakhstan and Poland, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 4554th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Warsaw

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	Nur-Sultan	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385