Naypyidaw vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1849	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$320	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$311	$205
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	17	50
😀 Quality of life	18	48
🏙️ Population	1.16M	1.57M

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 19% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6885th and 7787th ($701 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 34th in Myanmar and Iran, respectively. Check Myanmar vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Naypyidaw compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Naypyidaw ranked 4th best city to live in Myanmar vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 8943rd and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naypyidaw vs Shiraz

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	Naypyidaw	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.16	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.54	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$728	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$540	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.3	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.9	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.46%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1289	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.83	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.62	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.11	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.8	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.2	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$333	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8308	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723