Moscow vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$927
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$2221
🏠 One person rent	$959	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$858
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$44.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	44
😀 Quality of life	72	62
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.4M

The cost of living in Moscow is 71% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 3728th and 6169th ($1585 vs $927) 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 3206th and 5662nd 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	$13.2	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$29.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$5.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$2.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$482
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$888
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$755
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$1825
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$9.43
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$4.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$5.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$9.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$1.53
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$2.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$19.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$73.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$191
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$7641

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$903
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$722
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$771
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$767
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$970
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$650
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1010
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$691
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$679
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$555
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$640
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1392
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$667
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$651
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$655
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$543
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$804
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$770
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$636
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$666
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$590
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$566
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$610
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$582
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$581
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$605
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$495
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$555
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$500
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$633
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$484
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$567
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$426
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$709
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$566
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$613
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1044
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$454
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$635