Ulaanbaatar vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ulaanbaatar	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$792	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2074	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$380	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$826	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$292	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.3	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$365	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	93
😀 Quality of life	55	83
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.86M

The cost of living in Ulaanbaatar is 46% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6405th and 3564th ($792 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mongolia and Poland, respectively. Check Mongolia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st best city to live in Mongolia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5931st and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ulaanbaatar vs Warsaw

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	Ulaanbaatar	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.71	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.34	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$430	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$290	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1038	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$664	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.7	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.7	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1426	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.97	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.25	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.64	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.7	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.62	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.4	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$150	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5952	$11854

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Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$759
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$576
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$607
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$589
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$491
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$674
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$997
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$679
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$673
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$640
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1345
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$674
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$677
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$640
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$444
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$776
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$707
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$658
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$647
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$643
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$614
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$535
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$625
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$573
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$578
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$603
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$593
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$572
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$504
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$602
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$510
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$576
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$581
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$700
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$560
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$628
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1065
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$666
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$625

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385