Naypyidaw vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$594	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1445	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$257	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$201	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.4	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$143	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	17	93
😀 Quality of life	23	89
🏙️ Population	1.16M	1.4M

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 67% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7871st and 2821st ($594 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Myanmar and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Myanmar vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Naypyidaw compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Naypyidaw ranked 5th best city to live in Myanmar vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 9024th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naypyidaw vs Prague

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	Naypyidaw	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.9	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.4	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$536	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$237	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.6	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.9	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$742	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.99	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.3	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.46	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.6	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.38	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.21	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.7	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.8	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8355	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284