Naypyidaw vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1849	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$320	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.7	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$311	$553
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	17	43
😀 Quality of life	18	64
🏙️ Population	1.16M	1.08M

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 9% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6885th and 6565th ($701 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Myanmar and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Myanmar vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Naypyidaw compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Naypyidaw ranked 4th best city to live in Myanmar vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 8943rd and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naypyidaw vs Nur-Sultan

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	Naypyidaw	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.16	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.54	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$728	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$540	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.3	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.9	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.46%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1289	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.83	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.62	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.11	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.8	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.2	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$333	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8308	$5487

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Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$660
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$710
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$633
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$650
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$661
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$705
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$678
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$610
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$778
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$351
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$604
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$478
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$625
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$378
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$628
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$683
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$632
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$367
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$287
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1163
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$305
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$309
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$295
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$430
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$543
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$303
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$606
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$408
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$568

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512