Moscow vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1849
🏠 One person rent	$730	$320
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$659
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$311
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	96	17
😀 Quality of life	74	18
🏙️ Population	13.1M	1.16M

The cost of living in Moscow is 78% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 4359th and 6885th ($1244 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 0.4 months in Naypyidaw. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Naypyidaw ranked 4th in Myanmar, while ranked 1187th and 8943rd 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	$9.55	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$169
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$44.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	8.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$1.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$65.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$3.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$75.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$8308

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

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