Shangrao vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Shangrao	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$650	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1953	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$238	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$414	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$85	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$767	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	20	43
😀 Quality of life	46	61
🏙️ Population	6.44M	1.4M

The cost of living in Shangrao is 25% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 7433rd and 6373rd ($650 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 1st in China and Mongolia, respectively. Check China vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Shangrao compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Shangrao ranked 207th best city to live in China vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6933rd and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Shangrao vs Ulaanbaatar

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

	Shangrao	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.7	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.12	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$491	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.6	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.67%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4322	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2245	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.2	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.83	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.73	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.37	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.3	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.52	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.3	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.95	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$415	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28686	$6621

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620

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