Suzhou vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Suzhou	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$771	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2209	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$265	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$448	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$292	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1127	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	70	43
😀 Quality of life	71	61
🏙️ Population	12.7M	1.4M

The cost of living in Suzhou is 11% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6778th and 6373rd ($771 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in China and Mongolia, respectively. Check China vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Suzhou compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Suzhou ranked 23rd best city to live in China vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 3523rd and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Suzhou vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Suzhou	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.17	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.1	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$291	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.1	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.4	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.63%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5716	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2955	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.8	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.46	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.28	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.05	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.2	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.21	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.32	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.7	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.1	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$778	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15339	$6621

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Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610

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