Nur-Sultan vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$362	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	42	46
😀 Quality of life	68	64
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.47M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 24% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6947th and 5881st ($729 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 6th in Kazakhstan and Russia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 4595th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Yekaterinburg

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	Nur-Sultan	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$7319

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617