Kazan vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$375	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$407
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	54	43
😀 Quality of life	60	56
🏙️ Population	1.26M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kazan is 19% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6742nd and 6004th ($734 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st 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 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5162nd and 5778th 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	$6.84	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$6410

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

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