Moscow vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$730	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$970
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$300
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	96	30
😀 Quality of life	74	43
🏙️ Population	13.1M	6.87M

The cost of living in Moscow is 76% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 4359th and 6863rd ($1244 vs $705) 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 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.4 months in Yangon. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 1187th and 6707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Yangon

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	Moscow	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.55	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$487
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$841
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$9.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$7.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$1.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$2.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$78.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$15505

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$650
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$778
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$701
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$633
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$660
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$678
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$576
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$715
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$595
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$710
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$941
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$753
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$661
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$656
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$781
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$752
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1163
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$543
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$685
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$604
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$351
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$625