Nur-Sultan vs Yerevan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Yerevan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$1199
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$2709
🏠 One person rent	$376	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$1104
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$348
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$53.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$548
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	43	50
😀 Quality of life	64	63
🏙️ Population	1.08M	1.11M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 36% less expensive than in Yerevan. Cities ranked 6565th and 4485th ($770 vs $1199) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Kazakhstan and Armenia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Armenia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 0.5 months in Yerevan. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Yerevan ranked 1st in Armenia, while ranked 4554th and 4732nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Nur-Sultan vs Yerevan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/nur-sultan/yerevan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Nur-Sultan vs Yerevan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/nur-sultan/yerevan" target="_blank">Nur-Sultan vs Yerevan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Yerevan

Prices for goods and services in Nur-Sultan and Yerevan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Nur-Sultan	Yerevan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.99	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$7.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$719
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$529
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$1369
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$78.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	15.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$3407
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1582
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$8.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$7.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$4.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$115
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$6.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$31.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$103
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$134
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$324
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$5800

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512

Cities near Yerevan

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	Abovyan	$1094
16 km or 10 mi	Ashtarak	$1071
20 km or 13 mi	Masis	$1081
40 km or 25 mi	Armavir	$990
50 km or 31 mi	Igdir	$565
70 km or 44 mi	Vanadzor	$697
76 km or 47 mi	Spitak	$833
79 km or 49 mi	Dogubayazit	$570
88 km or 55 mi	Gyumri	$711
126 km or 79 mi	Caldiran	$574
129 km or 80 mi	Kars	$568
135 km or 84 mi	Agri	$553
148 km or 92 mi	Marneuli	$813
149 km or 93 mi	Gardabani	$767
156 km or 97 mi	Rustavi	$660
166 km or 103 mi	Ganja	$481
170 km or 106 mi	Tbilisi	$1016
172 km or 107 mi	Goris	$967
185 km or 115 mi	Khoy	$419
196 km or 122 mi	Kapan	$961
203 km or 126 mi	Gori	$583
209 km or 130 mi	Van	$615
215 km or 134 mi	Khashuri	$692
222 km or 138 mi	Barda	$618
224 km or 139 mi	Marand	$553
228 km or 142 mi	Yevlakh	$618
251 km or 156 mi	Shaki	$607
268 km or 167 mi	Oguz	$627
276 km or 171 mi	Kutaisi	$658
277 km or 172 mi	Erzurum	$562
279 km or 173 mi	Tabriz	$658
286 km or 178 mi	Bitlis	$582
290 km or 180 mi	Ahar	$622
291 km or 181 mi	Batumi	$812
297 km or 185 mi	Urmia	$519
298 km or 185 mi	Hakkari	$575
305 km or 190 mi	Mus	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Senaki	$788
315 km or 196 mi	Vladikavkaz	$633
342 km or 212 mi	Siirt	$573