Oakland vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Oakland	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3146	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8584	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$1954	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$4358	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$833	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5746	$408
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	97	43
😀 Quality of life	95	55
🏙️ Population	441K	1.4M

The cost of living in Oakland is 247% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 91st and 6109th ($3146 vs $907) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 73rd and 1st in the United States and Mongolia, respectively. Check the United States vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Oakland compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Oakland ranked 4th best city to live in the United States vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 38th and 5802nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Oakland vs Ulaanbaatar infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/oakland/ulaanbaatar.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Oakland vs Ulaanbaatar infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/oakland/ulaanbaatar" target="_blank">Oakland vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Oakland vs Ulaanbaatar

Prices for goods and services in Oakland and Ulaanbaatar are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Oakland	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.8	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$119	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1994	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4880	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3807	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.1	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7086	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7184	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$128	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.84	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.22	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.8	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.66	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.4	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.96	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.8	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$181	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.9	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2725	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27655	$7750

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3274
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$3082
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2940
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$3023
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3781
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2831
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3053
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$3048
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2874
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2981
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$2922
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3180
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2767
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$2851
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2949
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3196
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3224
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3293
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2714
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2726
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3473
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3672
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3152
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$2986
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2845
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3091
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$4155
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3804
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3442
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2885
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3010
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3578
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3584
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3159
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3288

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