Surat vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Surat	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$771	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1163	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$519	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$463	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.5	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$444	$407
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	43
😀 Quality of life	48	56
🏙️ Population	5.94M	1.4M

The cost of living in Surat is 15% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6559th and 6004th ($771 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in India and Mongolia, respectively. Check India vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Surat compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Surat ranked 48th best city to live in India vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6336th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Surat vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Surat	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.44	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$454	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$498	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$271	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.4	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.5	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.88%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$637	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.71	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.06	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.99	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.53	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.06	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.61	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.9	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.87	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.39	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.5	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.7	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.8	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1261	$6410

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Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598