Moscow vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$730	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$407
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	43
😀 Quality of life	74	56
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.4M

The cost of living in Moscow is 37% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4359th and 6004th ($1244 vs $906) 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 1187th and 5778th 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	$9.55	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$6410

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598