Naypyidaw vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Naypyidaw	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1849	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$320	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.7	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$311	$1684
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	17	95
😀 Quality of life	18	86
🏙️ Population	1.16M	2.6M

The cost of living in Naypyidaw is 41% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6885th and 4534th ($701 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Myanmar and Taiwan, respectively. Check Myanmar vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Naypyidaw compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Naypyidaw ranked 4th best city to live in Myanmar vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 8943rd and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naypyidaw vs Taipei

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	Naypyidaw	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.16	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.54	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$580	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$728	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$540	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.3	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.9	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.6	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.46%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1289	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.83	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.62	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.78	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.11	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.8	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.6	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.9	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.2	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$333	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8308	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581