Nur-Sultan vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1730	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$362	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$598	$575
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	77
😀 Quality of life	68	68
🏙️ Population	1.08M	12.6M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 45% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6947th and 8651st ($729 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 491st in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 4595th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Zhengzhou

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	Nur-Sultan	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.64	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.05	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.96	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$753	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$512	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.24%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$791	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.47	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.46	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.11	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.26	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.86	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.68	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.3	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.17	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.9	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.5	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$230	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5235	$19556

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563