Naypyidaw vs Nicosia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Nicosia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$594	$1453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1445	$3383
🏠 One person rent	$257	$775
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$1312
🍽️ Food expenses	$201	$477
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.4	$65.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$143	$1674
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	17	70
😀 Quality of life	23	81
🏙️ Population	1.16M	56.8K

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 59% less expensive than in Nicosia. Cities ranked 7871st and 4118th ($594 vs $1453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Myanmar and Cyprus, respectively. Check Myanmar vs Cyprus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Naypyidaw compared to 1.2 months in Nicosia. Naypyidaw ranked 5th best city to live in Myanmar vs Nicosia ranked 3rd in Cyprus, while ranked 9024th and 705th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Naypyidaw vs Nicosia infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/naypyidaw/nicosia.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Naypyidaw vs Nicosia infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/naypyidaw/nicosia" target="_blank">Naypyidaw vs Nicosia - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Naypyidaw vs Nicosia

Prices for goods and services in Naypyidaw and Nicosia are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Naypyidaw	Nicosia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$8.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.4	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$570
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$1220
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$237	$1006
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.6	$230
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.9	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$2954
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$742	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.3	$8.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.46	$5.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$3.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.6	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.38	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$53.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.21	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.7	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.8	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$508
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8355	$8498

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1420
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1305
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1275
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1587
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1376
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1403
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$2175
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1945
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1728
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$634
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$734
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$820
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$441
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$420
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$724
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$787
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1261
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$1028
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$647
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$822
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$690
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$791
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$647
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$930
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$659
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$591
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1775
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1633
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$599
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1840
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$543
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$438
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$1035
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1630
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769