Nur-Sultan vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nur-Sultan	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$823	$1487
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1972	$3493
🏠 One person rent	$412	$783
🏘️ Family rent	$711	$1306
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.2	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$792	$1896
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	39
😀 Quality of life	69	78
🏙️ Population	1.08M	767K

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 45% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 6663rd and 4035th ($823 vs $1487) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Kazakhstan and Croatia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 4272nd and 835th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Zagreb

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	Nur-Sultan	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.67	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$58.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.93	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$479	$734
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$570
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$1318
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$983
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.4	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.94%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$5126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$999	$3295
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.44	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.05	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$2.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.27	$9.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$5.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.13	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.23	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.18	$8.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.2	$50.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.75	$9.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.4	$103
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$301	$546
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6976	$12142

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1265
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$1072
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1188
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1144
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1347
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1279
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1396
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$1043
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$911
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$661
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$733
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1719
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$586
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1342
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1431
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1436
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$972
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$893
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1752
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1659
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$917
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$1170
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$1189
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1372
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1409
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1648
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1381
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1409
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$1029
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1533
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$667
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$1124
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1517
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$1169
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$1172
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$978