Male vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1849
🏠 One person rent	$814	$320
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$659
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$311
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	17
😀 Quality of life	62	18
🏙️ Population	133K	1.16M

The cost of living in Male is 86% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 4205th and 6885th ($1304 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Maldives and Myanmar, respectively. Check Maldives vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.4 months in Naypyidaw. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Naypyidaw ranked 4th in Myanmar, while ranked 4917th and 8943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Naypyidaw

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	Male	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$169
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$44.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	8.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$9.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$1.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$65.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$3.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$75.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$8308

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$660
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$710
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$633
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$650
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$661
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$705
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$678
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$610
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$778
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$351
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$604
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$478
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$625
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$378
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$628
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$683
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$632
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$367
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$287
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1163
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$305
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$309
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$295
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$430
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$543
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$303
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$606
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$408
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$568