Male vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$818	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	43
😀 Quality of life	66	61
🏙️ Population	133K	1.4M

The cost of living in Male is 52% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4439th and 6373rd ($1320 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Mongolia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5057th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Male	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$6621

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

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