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Australia vs. Mongolia Cost of Living Summary

Australia is 3.3 times more expensive than Mongolia overall.

Restaurants: pay 3.1 times more in Australia
Groceries: pay 61.0% more in Australia
Transportation: pay 4.0 times more in Australia
Housing: pay 2.6 times more in Australia
Childcare: pay 5.8 times more in Australia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.0 times more in Australia
Clothing: pay 0.2% less in Australia

The cost of childcare, entertainment and sports, transportation, restaurants, housing, and groceries in Australia are more expensive than in Mongolia. Notably, childcare, entertainment and sports, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Australia.

Australia vs. Mongolia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Australia instead of Mongolia, you would:

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pay 3.1 times more for restaurants

	Mongolia	Australia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.08 MNT17,250.00	$16.76 A$26.14	+230.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.86 MNT16,500.00	$9.73 A$15.19	+100.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.84 MNT2,852.94	$2.56 A$4.00	+205.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.52 MNT1,773.33	$2.16 A$3.38	+314.5%
Average			+212.6%

Mongolia vs. Australia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 61.0% more for groceries

	Mongolia	Australia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.92 MNT3,124.01	$2.37 A$3.70	+158.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.82 MNT23,187.50	$4.36 A$6.81	-36.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.44 MNT18,498.60	$5.80 A$9.05	+6.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.21 MNT7,518.68	$4.07 A$6.35	+84.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.04 MNT6,945.64	$3.94 A$6.15	+92.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.69 MNT5,745.51	$1.45 A$2.26	-14.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.30 MNT4,430.09	$1.26 A$1.96	-3.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.91 MNT6,503.39	$1.35 A$2.11	-29.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.47 MNT5,003.13	$2.01 A$3.14	+36.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.31 MNT1,037.72	$1.12 A$1.74	+265.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 MNT1,547.26	$0.96 A$1.50	+111.1%
Average			+61.0%

Mongolia vs. Australia - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.0 times more for transportation

	Mongolia	Australia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.00 MNT13,586.19	$4.65 A$7.26	+16.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$8.09 MNT27,500.00	$83.03 A$129.55	+926.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,311.95 MNT103,000,000.00	$27,742.09 A$43,285.99	-8.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.30 MNT18,000.00	$18.38 A$28.68	+247.0%
Average			+295.2%

Mongolia vs. Australia - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.6 times more for housing

	Mongolia	Australia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$14.66 MNT49,800.00	$55.59 A$86.74	+279.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$559.15 MNT1,900,000.00	$1,182.30 A$1,844.75	+111.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$428.82 MNT1,457,142.86	$957.92 A$1,494.65	+123.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.64 MNT199,261.01	$138.16 A$215.58	+135.6%
Average			+162.4%

Mongolia vs. Australia - Cost of housing

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pay 5.8 times more for childcare

	Mongolia	Australia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$153.03 MNT520,000.00	$1,485.91 A$2,318.47	+871.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,690.11 MNT26,131,000.00	$14,667.78 A$22,886.14	+90.7%
Average			+480.9%

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pay 5.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Mongolia	Australia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.77 MNT6,000.00	$6.64 A$10.37	+276.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.52 MNT8,557.14	$3.55 A$5.53	+40.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.77 MNT6,000.00	$28.07 A$43.80	+1490.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$59.96 MNT203,750.00	$52.89 A$82.52	-11.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.56 MNT15,500.00	$13.13 A$20.48	+187.8%
Average			+396.6%

Mongolia vs. Australia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 0.2% less for clothing

	Mongolia	Australia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$66.51 MNT226,000.00	$71.78 A$111.99	+7.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.62 MNT171,999.80	$50.24 A$78.39	-0.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$88.29 MNT300,000.00	$100.30 A$156.49	+13.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$142.24 MNT483,333.33	$111.73 A$174.33	-21.5%
Average			-0.2%

Mongolia vs. Australia - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: April 2025

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