Nur-Sultan vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$412	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$330
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$78.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$942
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	17
😀 Quality of life	69	50
🏙️ Population	1.08M	6.71M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 12% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6663rd and 6021st ($823 vs $938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 15th in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1 months in Yancheng. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Yancheng ranked 136th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 6705th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Yancheng

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	Nur-Sultan	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.67	$3.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$30.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$3.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$2.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$418
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$28.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$43.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$2641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$1833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$16.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$4.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$7.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$4.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$5.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$5.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$46.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$3.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$80.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$431
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$16158

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$693
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$644
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$672
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$664
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$693
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$659
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$623
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$635
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$627
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$651
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$620
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$645
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$571
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$623
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$658
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$581
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$636
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$633
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$644
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$643
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$789
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$587
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$678
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$686
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$602
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$590
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$725
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$663
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$657
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$550
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$798
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$726
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$674
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$523
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1030