Funabashi vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Funabashi	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1117	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2836	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$482	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$843	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$132	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2085	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	98	43
😀 Quality of life	81	61
🏙️ Population	641K	1.4M

The cost of living in Funabashi is 28% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4910th and 6373rd ($1117 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 62nd and 1st in Japan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Japan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Funabashi compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Funabashi ranked 20th best city to live in Japan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 692nd and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Funabashi vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Funabashi	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.53	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$533	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$349	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.9	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4710	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3545	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.83	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.57	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.47	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.1	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.8	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$268	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18118	$6621

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Cities near Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1071
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1068
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1021
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1067
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1024
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1025
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1251
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1065
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1005
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1002
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1034
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1021
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1047
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1034
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1014
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1072
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1006
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1698
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1025
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1016
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1004
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$983
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1027
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1055
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1006
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$961
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$945
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$985
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1354
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1001
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1035

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