Surat vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Surat	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$785	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1240	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$533	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$534	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.2	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$456	$408
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	43
😀 Quality of life	48	55
🏙️ Population	5.94M	1.4M

The cost of living in Surat is 13% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6501st and 6109th ($785 vs $907) 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 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Surat ranked 41st best city to live in India vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6339th and 5802nd 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	$3.26	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.6	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.61	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$509	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1088	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.4	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.53	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.9%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$881	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$664	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.92	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.05	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.98	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.76	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.14	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.91	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.9	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.48	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.8	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42.1	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$55.5	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1527	$7750

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Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$284
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$406
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$399
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$288
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$394
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$391
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$396
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$484
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$326
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$402
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$357
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$406
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$519
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$327
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$344
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$379
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$285
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$347
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$295
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$312
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$304
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$409
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$360
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$294
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$283
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$310
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$338
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$332
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$335
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$367
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$368
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$348

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