Moscow vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Moscow	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$1823
🏠 One person rent	$542	$358
🏘️ Family rent	$1116	$645
🍽️ Food expenses	$277	$208
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.6	$77.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1208	$600
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	96	17
😀 Quality of life	73	21
🏙️ Population	12.5M	1.16M

The cost of living in Moscow is 45% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 5167th and 6766th ($1021 vs $706) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Russia and Myanmar, respectively. Check Russia vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.9 months in Naypyidaw. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 1608th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Naypyidaw

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	Moscow	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.33	$1.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$5.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$697	$689
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$181
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1545	$751
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$883	$507
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.9	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.8	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.03	$52.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.78%	10.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5342	$1119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3004	$403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.2	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.59	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.6	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$7.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$1.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.45	$1.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$48.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$4.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.4	$13.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.72	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$25
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$458	$462
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10868	$11739

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517

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