Stockholm vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Stockholm	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2039	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4469	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$970
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3371	$300
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	30
😀 Quality of life	95	43
🏙️ Population	985K	6.87M

The cost of living in Stockholm is 189% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 1732nd and 6863rd ($2039 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Sweden and Myanmar, respectively. Check Sweden vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Stockholm compared to 0.4 months in Yangon. Stockholm ranked 1st best city to live in Sweden vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 20th and 6707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stockholm vs Yangon

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	Stockholm	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.7	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.33	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.65	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1344	$487
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$920	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2403	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$841
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.9	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.23%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10193	$1691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5579	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.94	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.8	$9.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.33	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$9.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7	$1.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$1.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.05	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$2.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.3	$78.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$145	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5804	$15505

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Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331

Cities near Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$650
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$778
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$701
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$633
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$660
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$678
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$576
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$715
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$595
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$710
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$941
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$753
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$661
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$656
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$781
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$752
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1163
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$543
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$685
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$604
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$351
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$625