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Hanoi vs. Alice Springs Cost of Living Summary

Hanoi is 27.0% cheaper than Alice Springs.

Restaurants: pay 78.3% less in Hanoi
Groceries: pay 56.5% less in Hanoi
Transportation: pay 38.6% less in Hanoi
Housing: pay 61.9% less in Hanoi
Childcare: pay 2.2 times more in Hanoi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 71.4% less in Hanoi
Clothing: pay 3.8% less in Hanoi

Expenses including restaurants, entertainment and sports, housing, groceries, transportation, and clothing are lower in Hanoi. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Hanoi.

Hanoi vs. Alice Springs Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Hanoi instead of Alice Springs, you would:

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pay 78.3% less for restaurants

	Alice Springs	Hanoi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$13.08 A$19.67	$1.89 ₫49,824	-85.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.81 A$14.75	$4.32 ₫113,598	-56.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.55 A$3.84	$0.47 ₫12,456	-81.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.53 A$3.81	$0.25 ₫6,469	-90.3%
Average			-78.3%

Alice Springs vs. Hanoi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 56.5% less for groceries

	Alice Springs	Hanoi
Bread 1 loaf	$2.19 A$3.29	$0.91 ₫23,820	-58.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	??	$4.95 ₫130,338
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.39 A$8.10	$5.27 ₫138,746	-2.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.67 A$7.02	$1.51 ₫39,652	-67.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.74 A$8.62	$1.59 ₫41,792	-72.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.61 A$2.42	$1.44 ₫37,756	-11.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.93 A$2.90	$0.47 ₫12,368	-75.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.87 A$2.81	$0.66 ₫17,384	-64.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.26 A$4.91	$0.50 ₫13,149	-84.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.48 A$2.23	$0.44 ₫11,623	-70.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.11 A$1.67	$0.46 ₫12,128	-58.4%
Average			-56.5%

Alice Springs vs. Hanoi - Cost of groceries

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pay 38.6% less for transportation

	Alice Springs	Hanoi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.90 A$7.36	$3.20 ₫84,298	-34.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$56.88 A$85.52	$7.58 ₫199,294	-86.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,772.43 A$44,757.10	$37,880.00 ₫996,471,280	+27.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.04 A$21.10	$5.61 ₫147,478	-60.1%
Average			-38.6%

Alice Springs vs. Hanoi - Cost of transportation

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pay 61.9% less for housing

	Alice Springs	Hanoi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$66.07 A$99.33	$8.67 ₫228,192	-86.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$619.28 A$930.97	$348.52 ₫9,168,206	-43.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$567.50 A$853.12	$258.44 ₫6,798,631	-54.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$150.08 A$225.61	$56.25 ₫1,479,584	-62.5%
Average			-61.9%

Alice Springs vs. Hanoi - Cost of housing

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pay 2.2 times more for childcare

	Alice Springs	Hanoi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,338.88 A$2,012.74	$231.49 ₫6,089,547	-82.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,763.88 A$4,154.97	$11,784.89 ₫310,013,287	+326.4%
Average			+121.8%

Alice Springs vs. Hanoi - Cost of childcare

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pay 71.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Alice Springs	Hanoi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.05 A$9.10	$0.95 ₫24,912	-84.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.68 A$5.53	$1.79 ₫47,146	-51.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$17.66 A$26.55	$1.33 ₫34,876	-92.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$66.51 A$99.98	$27.93 ₫734,784	-58.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.08 A$19.67	$3.79 ₫99,647	-71.0%
Average			-71.4%

Alice Springs vs. Hanoi - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 3.8% less for clothing

	Alice Springs	Hanoi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$71.96 A$108.18	$41.82 ₫1,100,025	-41.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$11.45 A$17.21	$22.94 ₫603,419	+100.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$141.74 A$213.08	$86.52 ₫2,276,000	-39.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$111.21 A$167.18	$72.39 ₫1,904,367	-34.9%
Average			-3.8%

Alice Springs vs. Hanoi - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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