Minsk vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Minsk	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$649	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1703	$1823
🏠 One person rent	$293	$358
🏘️ Family rent	$577	$645
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$208
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.2	$77.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$599	$600
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	62	17
😀 Quality of life	67	21
🏙️ Population	2M	1.16M

The cost of living in Minsk is 8% less expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 7206th and 6766th ($649 vs $706) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Belarus and Myanmar, respectively. Check Belarus vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.9 months in Naypyidaw. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 3890th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Naypyidaw

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	Minsk	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9	$1.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.4	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.57	$5.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$689
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$181
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$751
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$466	$507
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.6	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.7	$52.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.01%	10.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1825	$1119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1163	$403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.5	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.7	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$5.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$7.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.85	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.52	$1.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$1.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.08	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$48.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.63	$4.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$13.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.77	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$25
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$332	$462
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5767	$11739

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$528
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$490
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$426
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1303
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$472
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$928
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$299
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$423
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$864
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$835
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1080
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$406
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$922
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$877
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$831
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1028
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$949
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$437
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$927
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$415
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1013
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$827
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$443
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1027
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1088
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$476
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$518
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$827
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$842
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1135
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$980
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1362
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$860
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$760

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$668
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$715
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$577
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$710
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$669
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$659
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$815
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$605
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$709
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$462
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$566
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$389
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$362
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$588
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$496
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$520
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$614
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$395
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$615
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$615
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1212
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$673
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1195
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$618
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$387
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$324
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$342
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1233
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$312
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$446
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$303
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$456
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$500
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$342
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$592
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$360
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$481
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$617
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$532