Minsk vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Minsk	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$792
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1703	$2074
🏠 One person rent	$293	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$577	$826
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.2	$43.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$599	$365
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	62	43
😀 Quality of life	67	55
🏙️ Population	2M	1.4M

The cost of living in Minsk is 18% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 7206th and 6405th ($649 vs $792) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belarus and Mongolia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 3890th and 5931st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Minsk	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9	$4.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$29
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.57	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$430
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$1038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$466	$664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$75.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.01%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1825	$1426
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1163	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$7.97
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.7	$5.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$4.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$5.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$8.67
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.52	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$2.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$63.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$4.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$80.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5767	$5952

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$528
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$490
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$426
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1303
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$472
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$928
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$299
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$423
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$864
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$835
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1080
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$406
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$922
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$877
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$831
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1028
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$949
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$437
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$927
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$415
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1013
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$827
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$443
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1027
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1088
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$476
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$518
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$827
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$842
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1135
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$980
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1362
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$860
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$760

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$759
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$576
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$607
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$589
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$491
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$674
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$997
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$679
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$673
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$640
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1345
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$674
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$677
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$640
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$444
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$776
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$707
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$647
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$643
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$614
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$535
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$625
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$573
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$578
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$603
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$593
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$572
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$504
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$602
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$510
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$576
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$581
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$700
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$560
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$628
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1065
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$666
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$625