Nur-Sultan vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nur-Sultan	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$780	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1921	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$378	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$719	$330
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$39	$63.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$591	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	43	17
😀 Quality of life	64	37
🏙️ Population	1.08M	9.03M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 30% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6525th and 7790th ($780 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 315th 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 Zhoukou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Zhoukou ranked 337th in China, while ranked 4508th and 7211th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nur-Sultan vs Zhoukou

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	Nur-Sultan	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$3.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$27.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.21	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$306	$141
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$859	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$215
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.5	$49.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.2	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.23%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1129	$3443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$755	$1985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.5	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$2.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$3.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.94	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$1.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$25.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.95	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.19	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.1	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$45.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$6.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$4.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$58.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$209	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6243	$15431

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$612
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$619
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$610
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$659
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$568
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$587
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$559
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$571
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$775
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$673
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$531
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$683
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$542
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$819
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$555
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1433
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$535
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$588
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$613
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$586
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$655
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$521
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$639
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$565
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$517
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$525
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$511
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$647
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$648
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$826
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$614
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$650
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$528