Ramallah vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ramallah	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1072	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$411	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$690	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.3	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	56	43
😀 Quality of life	44	61
🏙️ Population	43.9K	1.4M

The cost of living in Ramallah is 23% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5084th and 6373rd ($1072 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the Palestine and Mongolia, respectively. Check the Palestine vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Ramallah compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Ramallah ranked 5th best city to live in the Palestine vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 7218th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ramallah vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Ramallah	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.1	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.7	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.5	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.23%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1229	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1006	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.1	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.21	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.61	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.46	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.55	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.84	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.22	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.42	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.6	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.28	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.19	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4130	$6621

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Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600