Nur-Sultan vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$378	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$714
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	43	78
😀 Quality of life	64	66
🏙️ Population	1.08M	12.6M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 49% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6525th and 8506th ($780 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 518th 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 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 4508th and 3930th 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	$10.4	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$19861

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619