Taipei vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Taipei	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1181	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3254	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$567	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$1230	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1684	$407
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	43
😀 Quality of life	86	56
🏙️ Population	2.6M	1.4M

The cost of living in Taipei is 30% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4534th and 6004th ($1181 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Taiwan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Taipei compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Taipei ranked 2nd best city to live in Taiwan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 339th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Taipei vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Taipei	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.07	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.98	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$2.59
🥤 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	$613	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$468	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1547	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.9	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.6	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.3	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.1%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13635	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6907	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.4	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.61	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.83	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.78	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$617	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19749	$6410

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581

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