Stockholm vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Stockholm	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2297	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5120	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$1271	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$2134	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$619	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$239	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3571	$516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	43
😀 Quality of life	96	61
🏙️ Population	985K	1.4M

The cost of living in Stockholm is 164% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 1273rd and 6373rd ($2297 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Sweden and Mongolia, respectively. Check Sweden vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Stockholm compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Stockholm ranked 1st best city to live in Sweden vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 33rd and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stockholm vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Stockholm	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.9	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.34	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1476	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2670	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1674	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.09%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11690	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$111	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.84	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.03	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.3	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$33.7	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$162	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15313	$6621

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Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482

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