Columbus vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$407
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	73	43
😀 Quality of life	88	56
🏙️ Population	906K	1.4M

The cost of living in Columbus is 137% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 1476th and 6004th ($2145 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 1st in the United States and Mongolia, respectively. Check the United States vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 249th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Columbus	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$6410

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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