Ahmedabad vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$159	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.3	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$310	$516
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	57	43
😀 Quality of life	58	61
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.4M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 49% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 8888th and 6373rd ($442 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in India and Mongolia, respectively. Check India vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ahmedabad compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Ahmedabad ranked 28th best city to live in India vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6115th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Ahmedabad	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.38	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.1	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$200	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.9	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.39	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.05%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.89	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.93	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.09	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.9	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.39	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.22	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.7	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1440	$6621

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$375
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$374
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$366
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$324
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$315
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$705
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$278
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$303
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$290
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$305
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$264
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$328
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$361
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$382
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$330
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$350
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$303
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$322
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$267
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$333
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$399
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$487
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$274
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$349
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$705
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$366
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$382
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$517
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$297
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$334
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$387
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$324
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$290
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$335

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600