Dresden vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$1568
🏠 One person rent	$637	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$149
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	65	14
😀 Quality of life	92	27
🏙️ Population	566K	1.16M

The cost of living in Dresden is 131% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 4158th and 7757th ($1448 vs $627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd and 3rd in Germany and Myanmar, respectively. Check Germany vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.2 months in Naypyidaw. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 96th and 8890th 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	$14.5	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$14.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$4.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$524
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$672
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$261
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$37.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	8.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$1539
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$6.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$1.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$5.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$63.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$3.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$18.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$38.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$76.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$8641

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$549
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$555
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$675
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$610
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$534
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$750
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$656
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$583
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$601
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$721
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$581
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$575
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$321
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$358
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$591
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$554
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$435
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$616
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$365
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$617
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$707
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$555
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1033
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$617
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$342
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$321
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$329
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$968
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$327
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$348
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$357
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$478
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$564
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$287
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$596
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$336
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$603
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$671
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$590