Stockholm vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Stockholm	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1991	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4487	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$1094	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$1952	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$218	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$408
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	43
😀 Quality of life	96	55
🏙️ Population	985K	1.4M

The cost of living in Stockholm is 120% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 1883rd and 6109th ($1991 vs $907) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Sweden and Mongolia, respectively. Check Sweden vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Stockholm compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Stockholm ranked 1st best city to live in Sweden vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 17th and 5802nd 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	$13	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.8	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.49	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.41	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1349	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$863	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10247	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5552	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.13	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.5	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.6	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.26	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.49	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.58	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.7	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7335	$7750

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Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1628
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1730
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1586
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1638
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1637
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1644
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1602
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1604
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1460
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1274
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1338
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1164
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1285
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1463
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1275
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1347
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1209
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1363
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1510
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1593
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1259
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1544
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1415
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1591
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1546
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1417
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1443
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1331
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1151
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1407
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$923
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1571
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1525
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1267
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1468
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1325
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1328

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