Bucharest vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$525	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	77	43
😀 Quality of life	81	61
🏙️ Population	1.72M	1.4M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 28% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4913th and 6373rd ($1116 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Romania and Mongolia, respectively. Check Romania vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 646th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Bucharest	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$6621

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$970
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$910
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$885
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$777
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$802
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$692
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$857
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$775
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$762
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$873
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$675
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$681
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1056
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$835
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$667
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$789
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$898
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$909
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$643
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$895
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$591
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1039
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1024
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1103
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$805
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$854
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$926
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$797
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$706
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$848
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$766
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$724
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$668
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$749

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