Glasgow vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	43
😀 Quality of life	95	61
🏙️ Population	626K	1.4M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 137% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 1833rd and 6373rd ($2058 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Mongolia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 52nd and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Glasgow	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$6621

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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