Nur-Sultan vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$378	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$601
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	43	46
😀 Quality of life	64	60
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.47M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 11% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6525th and 6924th ($780 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 16th 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 7th in Russia, while ranked 4508th and 5229th 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	$10.4	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$4718

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628