Cost of living comparison

Syria

compared to

Mongolia

Mongolia vs. Syria Cost of Living Summary

Mongolia is 97.8% more expensive than Syria overall.

Restaurants: pay 11.0% more in Mongolia
Groceries: pay 2.4 times more in Mongolia
Transportation: pay 20.3% less in Mongolia
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Mongolia
Childcare: pay 3.5 times more in Mongolia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 92.6% more in Mongolia
Clothing: pay 2.0 times more in Mongolia

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

Mongolia vs. Syria Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 11.0% more for restaurants

	Syria	Mongolia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.67 SYP47,674	$5.08 MNT17,250.00	+38.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.17 SYP54,175	$4.86 MNT16,500.00	+16.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.06 SYP13,813	$0.84 MNT2,852.94	-21.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 SYP6,174	$0.52 MNT1,773.33	+9.9%
Average			+11.0%

Syria vs. Mongolia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.4 times more for groceries

	Syria	Mongolia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.73 SYP9,513	$0.92 MNT3,124.01	+25.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.01 SYP26,081	$6.82 MNT23,187.50	+240.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.58 SYP46,533	$5.44 MNT18,498.60	+52.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.09 SYP27,171	$2.21 MNT7,518.68	+5.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.65 SYP34,440	$2.04 MNT6,945.64	-22.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.42 SYP5,407	$1.69 MNT5,745.51	+306.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 SYP10,030	$1.30 MNT4,430.09	+69.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.38 SYP4,961	$1.91 MNT6,503.39	+401.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 SYP4,153	$1.47 MNT5,003.13	+360.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.29 SYP3,709	$0.31 MNT1,037.72	+7.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 SYP3,307	$0.46 MNT1,547.26	+79.0%
Average			+138.7%

Syria vs. Mongolia - Cost of groceries

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pay 20.3% less for transportation

	Syria	Mongolia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.90 SYP102,772	$4.00 MNT13,586.19	-49.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.00 SYP130,020	$8.09 MNT27,500.00	-19.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,621.24 SYP281,119,375	$30,311.95 MNT103,000,000.00	+40.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.27 SYP146,528	$5.30 MNT18,000.00	-53.0%
Average			-20.3%

Syria vs. Mongolia - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Syria	Mongolia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.57 SYP657,477	$14.66 MNT49,800.00	-71.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$202.90 SYP2,638,111	$559.15 MNT1,900,000.00	+175.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$105.66 SYP1,373,848	$428.82 MNT1,457,142.86	+305.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$38.53 SYP500,915	$58.64 MNT199,261.01	+52.2%
Average			+115.7%

Syria vs. Mongolia - Cost of housing

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pay 3.5 times more for childcare

	Syria	Mongolia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$45.89 SYP596,722	$153.03 MNT520,000.00	+233.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,149.32 SYP27,945,454	$7,690.11 MNT26,131,000.00	+257.8%
Average			+245.6%

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pay 92.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Syria	Mongolia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.57 SYP46,439	$1.77 MNT6,000.00	-50.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.00 SYP12,957	$2.52 MNT8,557.14	+152.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.58 SYP33,588	$1.77 MNT6,000.00	-31.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$14.23 SYP184,954	$59.96 MNT203,750.00	+321.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.67 SYP34,672	$4.56 MNT15,500.00	+71.1%
Average			+92.6%

Syria vs. Mongolia - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.0 times more for clothing

	Syria	Mongolia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$21.60 SYP280,836	$66.51 MNT226,000.00	+207.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$32.17 SYP418,299	$50.62 MNT171,999.80	+57.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$66.81 SYP868,683	$88.29 MNT300,000.00	+32.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$68.69 SYP893,164	$142.24 MNT483,333.33	+107.1%
Average			+101.1%

Syria vs. Mongolia - 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: March 2025

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