Kyiv vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kyiv	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$879	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$456	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.7	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$445	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	43
😀 Quality of life	68	61
🏙️ Population	2.95M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 1% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6330th and 6373rd ($879 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Mongolia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 4632nd and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Kyiv	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.82	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.4	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.32	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.59	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$541	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$344	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.6	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.58	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.87%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2254	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.4	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.42	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.26	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.9	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$376	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7835	$6621

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561

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