Nur-Sultan vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$732	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1764	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$357	$233
🏘️ Family rent	$621	$397
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$213
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$690	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	45	25
😀 Quality of life	68	46
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.23M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 23% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 7085th and 7971st ($732 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 230th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.3 months in Xinyang. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Xinyang ranked 230th in China, while ranked 4594th and 7058th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Xinyang

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	Nur-Sultan	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.16	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.5	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.07	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$412	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$736	$448
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$289
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.2	$64.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.36%	3.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1200	$3525
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$876	$1853
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.3	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$3.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.15	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$2.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.95	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.8	$37.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$6.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$361
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6043	$8982

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537

Cities near Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$590
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$594
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$596
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$591
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$561
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$639
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$608
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$526
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$599
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$585
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$543
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$624
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$653
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$578
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$556
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$598
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$575
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$554
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$570
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$601
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$555
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$657
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$615
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$645
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$491
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$589
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$544
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$520
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$682
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$647
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$509
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$651
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$540
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$596
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$518
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$523
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$634
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$562