Naypyidaw vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$594	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1445	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$257	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$201	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.4	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$143	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	17	46
😀 Quality of life	23	60
🏙️ Population	1.16M	1.2M

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 33% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7871st and 6322nd ($594 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Myanmar and Russia, respectively. Check Myanmar vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Naypyidaw compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Naypyidaw ranked 5th best city to live in Myanmar vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9024th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Naypyidaw	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.4	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$237	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.6	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.9	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$742	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.3	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.46	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.6	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.38	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.21	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.8	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8355	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758