Tirana vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Tirana	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1015	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2462	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$464	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$807	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$698	$407
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	45	43
😀 Quality of life	67	56
🏙️ Population	418K	1.4M

The cost of living in Tirana is 12% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5400th and 6004th ($1015 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Albania and Mongolia, respectively. Check Albania vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Tirana compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Tirana ranked 1st best city to live in Albania vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 3525th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Tirana vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Tirana	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.1	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.49	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$340	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1004	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.5	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.79%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3096	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.5	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.07	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.78	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5391	$6410

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Tirana

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Kamez	$935
30 km or 19 mi	Durres	$772
33 km or 20 mi	Elbasan	$639
70 km or 44 mi	Berat	$749
72 km or 45 mi	Fier	$614
83 km or 52 mi	Ulcinj	$965
85 km or 53 mi	Ohrid	$636
86 km or 54 mi	Shkoder	$679
102 km or 63 mi	Vlore	$746
104 km or 65 mi	Bar	$972
112 km or 70 mi	Korce	$765
122 km or 76 mi	Tetovo	$682
131 km or 81 mi	Bitola	$635
132 km or 82 mi	Podgorica	$975
133 km or 83 mi	Budva	$1117
140 km or 87 mi	Cetinje	$816
141 km or 88 mi	Plav	$1030
145 km or 90 mi	Prilep	$537
150 km or 93 mi	Kotor	$1150
152 km or 95 mi	Skopje	$772
162 km or 100 mi	Sarande	$987
168 km or 105 mi	Veles	$545
169 km or 105 mi	Berane	$1070
175 km or 109 mi	Brindisi	$1164
176 km or 110 mi	Lecce	$1182
181 km or 112 mi	Ptolemaida	$1042
181 km or 113 mi	Kumanovo	$588
182 km or 113 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
183 km or 114 mi	Kavadarci	$556
186 km or 115 mi	Pristina	$595
190 km or 118 mi	Corfu	$1056
192 km or 119 mi	Cavtat	$1187
193 km or 120 mi	Mitrovica	$463
199 km or 124 mi	Ostuni	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	Kozani	$943
202 km or 126 mi	Stip	$561
203 km or 126 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
205 km or 127 mi	Ioannina	$930
210 km or 131 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
219 km or 136 mi	Veria	$1027

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