Which is cheaper, Bhubaneswar or Yangon?

Bhubaneswar is cheaper: about $750 per month versus $820 for one person.

Is Bhubaneswar or Yangon safer?

Bhubaneswar scores higher on safety (55 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Bhubaneswar or Yangon?

Bhubaneswar: a measured median of 24.9 Mbps versus 8.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Bhubaneswar vs Yangon

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Bhubaneswar edges it, 46 to 41, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Bhubaneswar is stronger on safety, quality of life, internet; Yangon on air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Bhubaneswar

out of 100

Temple city and planned capital of Odisha, with Puri and Konark nearby

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Yangon

out of 100

Myanmar's largest city, now largely off-limits under an ongoing civil conflict

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Bhubaneswar	Yangon
Cost of living	71 ✓	68
Safety	55 ✓	32
Healthcare	56 ✓	46
Internet	59 ✓	44
Visa ease	32	32
Getting there & around	39	43 ✓
Climate	33	42 ✓
Air quality	31	43 ✓
Quality of life	39 ✓	22

Cost

Metric	Bhubaneswar	Yangon
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$750 ✓	$820
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Bhubaneswar	Yangon
Homicides per 100k	2.72 ✓	3.9
Political stability (0–100)	55 ✓	28.5
UHC service coverage (0–100)	69 ✓	52
Life expectancy	67.3 yrs	67.8 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Bhubaneswar	Yangon
Download	24.9 Mbps ✓	8.1 Mbps
Upload	4.4 Mbps	8 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Bhubaneswar	Yangon
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, EU passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, UK passport	e-visa required	e-visa required

Getting there and around

Metric	Bhubaneswar	Yangon
Non-stop airport destinations	18	29 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	2
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Bhubaneswar	Yangon
Comfortable months per year	4	5 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	36 µg/m³	30.7 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Bhubaneswar or Yangon?: Bhubaneswar is cheaper: about $750 per month versus $820 for one person.
Is Bhubaneswar or Yangon safer?: Bhubaneswar scores higher on safety (55 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Bhubaneswar or Yangon?: Bhubaneswar: a measured median of 24.9 Mbps versus 8.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.