Male vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$809	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$408
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	43
😀 Quality of life	61	55
🏙️ Population	133K	1.4M

The cost of living in Male is 43% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4342nd and 6109th ($1295 vs $907) 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 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5145th and 5802nd 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	$5.57	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$7750

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$875
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$568
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$741
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$575
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$617
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$629
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1005
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$684
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$581
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$644
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1380
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$676
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$646
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$637
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$447
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$806
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$729
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$605
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$648
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$602
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$561
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$619
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$574
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$573
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$601
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$603
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$515
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$628
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$502
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$577
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$589
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$760
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$537
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$623
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1067
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$629
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$594