Tashkent vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Tashkent	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$844	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2106	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$453	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$280	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	46	43
😀 Quality of life	56	61
🏙️ Population	2.96M	1.4M

The cost of living in Tashkent is 3% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6476th and 6373rd ($844 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, respectively. Check Uzbekistan vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Tashkent compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Tashkent ranked 1st best city to live in Uzbekistan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6210th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tashkent vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Tashkent	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.9	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.2	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.11	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$591	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$652	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.8	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.3	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.05%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1765	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$976	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.84	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.23	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.41	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.13	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.2	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.79	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.26	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.78	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.93	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.9	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$312	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9729	$6621

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Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$754
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$620
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$525
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$603
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$650
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$600
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$658
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$562
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$648
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$680
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$674
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$445
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$468
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$451
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$475
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$712
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$615
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$512
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$433
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$743
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$501
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$428
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$613
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$573
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$432
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$651
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$787

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