Naypyidaw vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1849	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$320	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.7	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$311	$2731
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	17	72
😀 Quality of life	18	78
🏙️ Population	1.16M	7.01M

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 57% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6885th and 2911th ($701 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Myanmar and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Myanmar vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Naypyidaw compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Naypyidaw ranked 4th best city to live in Myanmar vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8943rd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naypyidaw vs Riyadh

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	Naypyidaw	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.16	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.54	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$728	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$540	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.3	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.9	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.46%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1289	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.83	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.62	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.11	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.8	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$333	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8308	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529