Cologne vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$947	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$407
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	43
😀 Quality of life	96	56
🏙️ Population	1.09M	1.4M

The cost of living in Cologne is 92% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 2551st and 6004th ($1744 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Germany and Mongolia, respectively. Check Germany vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 12th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Cologne	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$6410

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598