Ulaanbaatar vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ulaanbaatar	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$765
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2335	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$471	$377
🏘️ Family rent	$1016	$769
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.9	$59.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$407	$696
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	43	46
😀 Quality of life	56	60
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.47M

The cost of living in Ulaanbaatar is 18% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6004th and 6596th ($906 vs $765) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Mongolia and Russia, respectively. Check Mongolia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st best city to live in Mongolia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 5778th and 5209th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ulaanbaatar	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$42.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.27	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.59	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$503	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1382	$923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$815	$595
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.6	$65.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.1	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$7.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	14.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1765	$2157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$1318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.74	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.26	$5.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.15	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.59	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.6	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.41	$4.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.9	$61.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.3	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$267
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6410	$4946

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$600
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$596
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$595
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$765
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$531
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$672
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$710
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$637
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$538
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$557
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$509
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$534
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$508
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$619
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$734
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$548
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$612
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$592
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$631
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$549
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$590
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$654
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$605
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$438
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658