Tabuk vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Tabuk	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1069	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2471	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$546	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$796	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1724	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	15	43
😀 Quality of life	53	61
🏙️ Population	886K	1.4M

The cost of living in Tabuk is 23% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5095th and 6373rd ($1069 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Mongolia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Tabuk compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Tabuk ranked 11th best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6448th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tabuk vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Tabuk	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.77	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.6	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.73	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.64	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.72	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$708	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.3	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.75%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1383	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$921	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.38	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.52	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.8	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.82	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.55	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.56	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.7	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$25.5	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.24	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.9	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.7	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$672	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8498	$6621

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Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$517
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1734
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$798
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$940
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$645
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$346
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$354
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$718
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1910
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1855
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1645
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1867
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1879
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1021
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$837
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1951
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$987
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$769
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1957
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$695
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1072
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$548
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1947
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2347
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2064
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1998
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$276
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233

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