Nur-Sultan vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$376	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$886
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	43	98
😀 Quality of life	64	70
🏙️ Population	1.08M	12.3M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 17% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 6565th and 7163rd ($770 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 95th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.4 months in Wuhan. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 4554th and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Wuhan

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	Nur-Sultan	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$8658

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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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586