Nur-Sultan vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$723
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$1788
🏠 One person rent	$412	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$1118
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	45	42
😀 Quality of life	69	55
🏙️ Population	1.08M	7.1M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 14% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6663rd and 7142nd ($823 vs $723) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 50th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Yantai ranked 66th in China, while ranked 4272nd and 6342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Yantai

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	Nur-Sultan	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.67	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$208
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$375
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$435
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$46.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$9.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$3213
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$6406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$9.99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$4.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$8.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$24.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$25.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$3.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$68.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$85.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$361
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$16486

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$639
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$611
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$494
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$601
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$608
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$587
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$557
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$568
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$553
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$649
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$737
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$460
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$523
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$522
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$453
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$536
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$549
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$596
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$668
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$619
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$582
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$550
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$759
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$576
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$572
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$589
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$582
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$645
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$539
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$578
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$672
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$599
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$593
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$645
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$571
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$648
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$720