Kazan vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$458	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	54	43
😀 Quality of life	65	61
🏙️ Population	1.33M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kazan is 0.2% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6377th and 6373rd ($868 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in Russia and Mongolia, respectively. Check Russia vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5213th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Kazan	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.32	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$6621

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

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