Naypyidaw vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1849	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$320	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.7	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$311	$2174
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	17	65
😀 Quality of life	18	83
🏙️ Population	1.16M	1.25M

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 53% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6885th and 3460th ($701 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 7th in Myanmar and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Myanmar vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Naypyidaw compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Naypyidaw ranked 4th best city to live in Myanmar vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8943rd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naypyidaw vs Sharjah

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	Naypyidaw	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.16	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.54	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$728	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$540	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.3	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.9	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.46%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1289	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.83	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.62	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.11	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.8	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.2	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$333	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8308	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536