Foshan vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$594
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$222	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$377
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$143
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	95	17
😀 Quality of life	73	23
🏙️ Population	9.5M	1.16M

The cost of living in Foshan is 0.7% less expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 7909th and 7871st ($589 vs $594) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 3rd in China and Myanmar, respectively. Check China vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.2 months in Naypyidaw. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Naypyidaw ranked 5th in Myanmar, while ranked 2948th and 9024th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Naypyidaw

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	Foshan	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$1.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$36.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$19.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	9.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$1551
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$742
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$4.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$0.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$7.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$1.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$1.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$3.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$2.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$31.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$72.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$8355

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$534
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$540
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$667
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$571
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$519
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$727
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$614
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$558
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$581
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$666
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$603
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$358
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$577
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$456
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$599
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$370
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$601
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$539
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$607
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$362
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$312
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1152
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$321
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$348
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$352
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$464
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$578
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$301
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$582
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$354
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$590