Prague vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Prague	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$935
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4415	$2240
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1957	$841
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$314
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2366	$589
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	93	44
😀 Quality of life	89	64
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.4M

The cost of living in Prague is 103% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 2377th and 6046th ($1899 vs $935) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Czech Republic and Mongolia, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Prague compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 244th and 5297th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Prague	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1089	$522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$962
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$710
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$304	$67.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	8.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10118	$1954
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7415	$961
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.4	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$4.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.93	$4.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$3.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$9.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.6	$75.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$4.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$19.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.7	$82.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1075	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19039	$8817

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340

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