Nur-Sultan vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$362	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	42	94
😀 Quality of life	68	85
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.86M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 63% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6947th and 2069th ($729 vs $1978) 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 4595th and 444th 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	$8.4	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349