Nur-Sultan vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$362	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$873
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	42	62
😀 Quality of life	68	52
🏙️ Population	1.08M	9.08M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 46% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6947th and 8696th ($729 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 502nd in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 4595th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Xuzhou

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	Nur-Sultan	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753