Ulaanbaatar vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ulaanbaatar	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$870	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2091	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$430	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$764	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.7	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$516	$1071
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	43	49
😀 Quality of life	61	56
🏙️ Population	1.4M	7.1M

The cost of living in Ulaanbaatar is 25% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6373rd and 7113th ($870 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st best city to live in Mongolia vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 5856th and 6213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ulaanbaatar vs Yantai

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	Ulaanbaatar	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.44	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.41	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$417	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$358	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.7	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.05%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1651	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$881	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.98	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.07	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.2	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.25	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.85	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6621	$12503

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688