Amsterdam vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	43
😀 Quality of life	96	61
🏙️ Population	921K	1.4M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 258% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 143rd and 6373rd ($3118 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Netherlands and Mongolia, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 31st and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Amsterdam	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$6621

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

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