Moscow vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Moscow	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1678	$935
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4001	$2240
🏠 One person rent	$1006	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1773	$841
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$314
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	44
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.4M

The cost of living in Moscow is 79% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 3277th and 6046th ($1678 vs $935) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Mongolia, respectively. Check Russia vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Moscow compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 2774th and 5297th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Moscow	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.8	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.57	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.73	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1440	$522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2602	$962
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1335	$710
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$67.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.22	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.51%	8.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11458	$1954
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4987	$961
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.54	$4.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.06	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$4.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.8	$75.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.04	$4.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.1	$19.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.59	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$82.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$149	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$788	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20160	$8817

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$1030
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$1068
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$791
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$691
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$775
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$974
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$821
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$771
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$705
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$786
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$804
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$730
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$732
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$629
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$635
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$604
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$626
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$694
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$685
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$766
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$355
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$766
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$669
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$834
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$614
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$589
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$518
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$746
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$749

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$904
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$739
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$778
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$776
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$863
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1039
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$721
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$693
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$578
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$665
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1426
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$691
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$658
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$676
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$568
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$820
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$789
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$680
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$639
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$684
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$607
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$577
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$629
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$594
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$593
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$618
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$503
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$509
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$653
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$492
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$580
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$433
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$722
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$594
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$627
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1108
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$460
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$672