Ulaanbaatar vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ulaanbaatar	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$907	$692
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2342	$1777
🏠 One person rent	$472	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$1015	$502
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.3	$91
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$408	$930
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	43	98
😀 Quality of life	55	70
🏙️ Population	1.4M	12.3M

The cost of living in Ulaanbaatar is 31% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 6109th and 6979th ($907 vs $692) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th in Mongolia and China, respectively. Check Mongolia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ulaanbaatar compared to 1.3 months in Wuhan. Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st best city to live in Mongolia vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 5802nd and 2526th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ulaanbaatar vs Wuhan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ulaanbaatar/wuhan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ulaanbaatar vs Wuhan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ulaanbaatar/wuhan" target="_blank">Ulaanbaatar vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ulaanbaatar vs Wuhan

Prices for goods and services in Ulaanbaatar and Wuhan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ulaanbaatar	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.82	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.5	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.82	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.51	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$507	$354
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$383	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1391	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$806	$352
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.9	$40.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.3	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1637	$3874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$2284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.32	$30
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.34	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.09	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.62	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.7	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.69	$6.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.5	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$154	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7750	$9062

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$646
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$681
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$705
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$674
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$626
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$714
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$663
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$676
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$610
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$647
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$659
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$614
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$612
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$606
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$647
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$646
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$683
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$623
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$670
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$605
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$612
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$566
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$636
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$614
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$599
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$575
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$573
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$706
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$552
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$658
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$622
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$521
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$642
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$659
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$580
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$619
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$611