Nur-Sultan vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nur-Sultan	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$770	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1891	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$376	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$705	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$263	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	43	17
😀 Quality of life	64	38
🏙️ Population	1.08M	9.03M

The cost of living in Nur-Sultan is 33% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6565th and 7893rd ($770 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 321st in Kazakhstan and China, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan compared to 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 4554th and 7224th 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	$9.99	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$854	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.69%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1127	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$764	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.08	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.83	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.45	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.3	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$236	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5487	$14854

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Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512

Cities near Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484