Hamburg City vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$407
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	84	43
😀 Quality of life	94	56
🏙️ Population	1.91M	1.4M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 121% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 1818th and 6004th ($2007 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Germany and Mongolia, respectively. Check Germany vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 40th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Hamburg City	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$6410

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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