Cost of living comparison
Vietnam is 62.2% more expensive than Iran.
If you lived in Vietnam instead of Iran, you would:
pay 26.4% less for restaurants
Iran
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.56
IRR191,910
|
$1.96
₫49,745
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.01
IRR168,861
|
$4.91
₫124,446
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.93
IRR39,248
|
$0.59
₫15,050
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.59
IRR24,678
|
$0.38
₫9,742
|
|
pay 46.4% more for groceries
Iran
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.68
IRR28,540
|
$1.11
₫28,019
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.84
IRR119,368
|
$6.92
₫175,439
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.85
IRR161,877
|
$5.46
₫138,373
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.47
IRR61,701
|
$1.62
₫40,984
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.95
IRR82,149
|
$1.78
₫45,153
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.58
IRR24,438
|
$1.40
₫35,423
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.04
IRR43,831
|
$0.52
₫13,190
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.64
IRR27,090
|
$0.78
₫19,697
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.40
IRR16,899
|
$0.49
₫12,527
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.34
IRR14,509
|
$0.55
₫14,052
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.33
IRR13,724
|
$0.54
₫13,666
|
|
pay 33.5% more for transportation
Iran
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.79
IRR75,207
|
$4.05
₫102,671
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.27
IRR642,246
|
$8.00
₫202,681
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$65,156.39
IRR2,740,640,689
|
$40,523.11
₫1,027,058,167
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.08
IRR129,463
|
$5.93
₫150,416
|
|
pay 22.1% less for housing
Iran
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$21.22
IRR892,661
|
$10.02
₫253,889
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$872.38
IRR36,694,401
|
$364.76
₫9,244,946
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$625.11
IRR26,293,849
|
$221.46
₫5,612,856
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$22.37
IRR940,915
|
$41.86
₫1,060,869
|
|
pay 5.4 times more for childcare
Iran
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$120.13
IRR5,053,014
|
$226.70
₫5,745,824
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,125.87
IRR47,356,890
|
$10,132.35
₫256,804,485
|
|
pay 8.9% less for entertainment and sports
Iran
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.92
IRR38,705
|
$0.94
₫23,725
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.71
IRR72,004
|
$1.86
₫47,187
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.40
IRR100,841
|
$1.29
₫32,645
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$28.19
IRR1,185,906
|
$24.96
₫632,702
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.75
IRR157,596
|
$3.86
₫97,816
|
|
pay 31.8% less for clothing
Iran
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$53.23
IRR2,239,122
|
$33.66
₫853,166
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$54.57
IRR2,295,537
|
$29.49
₫747,439
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$195.13
IRR8,207,718
|
$90.06
₫2,282,507
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$96.74
IRR4,069,210
|
$106.00
₫2,686,525
|
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