Dresden vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dresden	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1462	$690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3582	$1563
🏠 One person rent	$729	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$1362	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$197
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3112	$588
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	17
😀 Quality of life	89	21
🏙️ Population	563K	1.16M

The cost of living in Dresden is 112% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 3857th and 6990th ($1462 vs $690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 506th and 4th in Germany and Myanmar, respectively. Check Germany vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 0.9 months in Naypyidaw. Dresden ranked 30th best city to live in Germany vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 203rd and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Naypyidaw

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	Dresden	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$19.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.46	$1.04
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$710	$611
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$466	$214
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$393
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$26.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$39.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	10.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5042	$1132
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3939	$386
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.7	$9.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.74	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$0.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.42	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.5	$8.65
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$1.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$35.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$297	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12328	$8095

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$617
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$613
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$655
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$783
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$588
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$919
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$593
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$612
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$792
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$312
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$599
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$461
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$626
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$391
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$623
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$594
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$625
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$380
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$295
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1168
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$296
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$301
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$271
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$428
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$555
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$339
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$598
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$390
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$608