Tashkent vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Tashkent	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$816	$907
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2034	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$460	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$870	$1015
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.6	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$501	$408
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	45	43
😀 Quality of life	54	55
🏙️ Population	2.96M	1.4M

The cost of living in Tashkent is 10% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6377th and 6109th ($816 vs $907) 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 0.6 months in Tashkent compared to 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar. Tashkent ranked 1st best city to live in Uzbekistan vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5908th and 5802nd 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	$5.05	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.57	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$593	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$379	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1231	$1391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$715	$806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.7	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.27%	6.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1629	$1637
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$913	$959
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$7.32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$2.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.01	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$5.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.6	$68.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$4.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.1	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.51	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.6	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.2	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$291	$154
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9093	$7750

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Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838

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