Ulaanbaatar vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ulaanbaatar	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$870	$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2091	$1672
🏠 One person rent	$430	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$764	$323
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$72.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$516	$863
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	43	21
😀 Quality of life	61	46
🏙️ Population	1.4M	6.71M

The cost of living in Ulaanbaatar is 5% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6373rd and 6158th ($870 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in Mongolia and China, respectively. Check Mongolia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st best city to live in Mongolia vs Yancheng ranked 242nd in China, while ranked 5856th and 7008th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ulaanbaatar vs Yancheng

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	Ulaanbaatar	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.44	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.41	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$417	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$358	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$227
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.7	$50
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.05%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1651	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$881	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.98	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.07	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.25	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70	$28.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.85	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$434
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6621	$18627

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Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600

Cities near Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$663
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$664
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$617
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$654
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$651
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$602
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$610
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$597
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$622
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$590
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$621
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$537
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$597
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$547
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$601
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$602
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$612
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$753
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$564
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$632
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$679
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$583
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$567
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$696
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$674
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$639
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$558
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$673
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$771
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$696
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$546
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$509
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1003