Nur-Sultan vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$4492
🏠 One person rent	$412	$1227
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$449
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$2218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	69	87
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.86M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 58% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6663rd and 2081st ($823 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Kazakhstan and Poland, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 4272nd and 335th 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	$8.67	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$1266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$6270
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$4047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$35.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$4.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$8.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$6.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$11.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$75.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$24.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$15882

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1570
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1540
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1227
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1253
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1023
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1162
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1165
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1262
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1222
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1322
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1060
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1024
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$976
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1078
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1173
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1137
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1305
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1170
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1260
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1229
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1454
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$669
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$925
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1241
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1235
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1170
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1043
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1205
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1215
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$954
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$868
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1102
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1216
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1226
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1010
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1114
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$980
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1105
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$445