Moscow vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Moscow	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3752	$1518
🏠 One person rent	$959	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$1694	$385
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$208
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$82.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1020	$125
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	28 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	96	14
😀 Quality of life	72	26
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.16M

The cost of living in Moscow is 158% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 3728th and 7819th ($1585 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Russia and Myanmar, respectively. Check Russia vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 0.2 months in Naypyidaw. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 3206th and 8950th 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	$13.2	$1.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.4	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.58	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$1.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.56	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1348	$529
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$719	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2372	$667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1313	$245
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$23.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$36.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.13	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.19%	9.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10959	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4560	$738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.51	$14.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$6.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$0.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.57	$8.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.29	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$1.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$5.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.9	$3.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$15.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.44	$2.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.1	$36.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$146	$78.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$735	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17546	$8660

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$546
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$550
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$709
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$592
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$528
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$780
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$629
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$571
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$593
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$695
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$626
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$571
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$358
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$590
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$585
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$448
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$610
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$362
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$613
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$730
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1269
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$548
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1082
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$615
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$355
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$314
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$325
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1056
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$327
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$351
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$350
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$481
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$581
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$296
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$593
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$344
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$658
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$710
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$621