Brussels vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	91	61
🏙️ Population	196K	1.4M

The cost of living in Brussels is 133% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 1913th and 6373rd ($2028 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Mongolia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 165th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Brussels	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$6621

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

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