Foshan vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$222	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	43
😀 Quality of life	73	61
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.4M

The cost of living in Foshan is 32% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 7909th and 6373rd ($589 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in China and Mongolia, respectively. Check China vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 2948th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Foshan	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$6621

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

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