Gold Coast vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$927
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$2221
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$858
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$44.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	49	44
😀 Quality of life	92	62
🏙️ Population	608K	1.4M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 173% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 839th and 6169th ($2528 vs $927) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Australia and Mongolia, respectively. Check Australia vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 124th and 5662nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Gold Coast	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$29.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$5.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$2.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$482
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$888
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$755
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$1825
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$9.43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$4.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$9.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$1.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$19.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$73.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$191
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$7641

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$903
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$722
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$771
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$767
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$970
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$650
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1010
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$691
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$679
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$555
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$640
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1392
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$667
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$651
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$655
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$543
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$804
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$770
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$636
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$666
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$590
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$566
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$610
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$582
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$581
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$605
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$495
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$555
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$500
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$633
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$484
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$567
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$426
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$709
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$566
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$613
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1044
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$454
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$635