Dubai vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dubai	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2379	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5357	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$1601	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$2918	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$453	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$407
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	43
😀 Quality of life	87	56
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.4M

The cost of living in Dubai is 162% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 989th and 6004th ($2379 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Mongolia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Dubai compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 288th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Dubai	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.6	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$6.1	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1909	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1243	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3782	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$91.5	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3507	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.2	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.52	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.03	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.63	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.41	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.1	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.2	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.79	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$903	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13241	$6410

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536

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