Moscow vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$594
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$864	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$377
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$143
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	96	17
😀 Quality of life	73	23
🏙️ Population	13.3M	1.16M

The cost of living in Moscow is 142% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 4141st and 7871st ($1438 vs $594) 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 5th in Myanmar, while ranked 2664th and 9024th 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	$12.3	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$1.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$36.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$19.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	9.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$1551
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$742
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$1.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$4.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$0.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$7.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$1.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$1.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$3.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$2.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$31.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$72.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$8355

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$534
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$540
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$667
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$571
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$519
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$727
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$614
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$558
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$581
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$666
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$603
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$567
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$358
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$577
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$456
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$599
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$370
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$601
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$680
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$539
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$607
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$362
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$312
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1152
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$321
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$348
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$352
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$464
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$578
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$301
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$582
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$354
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$623
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$675
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$590