Ulaanbaatar vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ulaanbaatar	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2335	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$471	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1016	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.9	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$407	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	62
😀 Quality of life	56	49
🏙️ Population	1.4M	9.08M

The cost of living in Ulaanbaatar is 87% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6004th and 8735th ($906 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 524th in Mongolia and China, respectively. Check Mongolia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st best city to live in Mongolia vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 5778th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ulaanbaatar vs Xuzhou

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	Ulaanbaatar	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.59	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$503	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1382	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$815	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.6	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.1	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1765	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.74	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.26	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.15	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.59	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.6	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.41	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.9	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6410	$22170

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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

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746