Nur-Sultan vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$814	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2005	$1394
🏠 One person rent	$395	$178
🏘️ Family rent	$726	$418
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$184
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.3	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$626	$627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	78
😀 Quality of life	63	67
🏙️ Population	1.08M	12.6M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 61% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6335th and 8471st ($814 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 532nd 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 1.2 months in Zhengzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Zhengzhou ranked 29th in China, while ranked 4845th and 3944th 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	$11.1	$2.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$2.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$471	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$916	$452
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$53.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$8.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1172	$5913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$815	$1472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.7	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.27	$3.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$2.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.71	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.15	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.71	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.16	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56	$93
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$5.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8086	$4818

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$542
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$554
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$563
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$539
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$541
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$543
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$570
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$544
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$579
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$525
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$585
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$599
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$524
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$554
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$538
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$746
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$600
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$498
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$640
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$608
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$622
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$617
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$601
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$589
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$801
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$739
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1400
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$743
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$651
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$613
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$642
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$601
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$580
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$617