Male vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Male	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1295	$690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3008	$1563
🏠 One person rent	$809	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$347	$197
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.7	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1018	$588
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	7	17
😀 Quality of life	61	21
🏙️ Population	133K	1.16M

The cost of living in Male is 88% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 4342nd and 6990th ($1295 vs $690) 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 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.9 months in Naypyidaw. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 5145th and 8811th 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	$5.57	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$19.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.83	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.95	$1.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$851	$611
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$582	$214
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1573	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1368	$393
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74	$26.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$39.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$98.8	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.54%	10.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2675	$1132
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$386
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$9.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.02	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.81	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.2	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.38	$0.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.9	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.27	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$8.65
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$1.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$35.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3225	$8095

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352

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