Copenhagen vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	43
😀 Quality of life	98	61
🏙️ Population	667K	1.4M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 199% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 713th and 6373rd ($2601 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Mongolia, respectively. Check Denmark vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 10th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Copenhagen	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$6621

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

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