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Hanoi vs. Aliso Viejo Cost of Living Summary

Hanoi is 60.5% cheaper than Aliso Viejo.

Restaurants: pay 82.8% less in Hanoi
Groceries: pay 53.5% less in Hanoi
Transportation: pay 23.7% less in Hanoi
Housing: pay 82.2% less in Hanoi
Childcare: pay 71.7% less in Hanoi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 73.4% less in Hanoi
Clothing: pay 36.2% less in Hanoi

Expenses including restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, and clothing are lower in Hanoi.

Hanoi vs. Aliso Viejo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Hanoi instead of Aliso Viejo, you would:

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pay 82.8% less for restaurants

	Aliso Viejo	Hanoi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$1.89 ₫49,928	-92.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.84	$4.32 ₫113,835	-66.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.83	$0.47 ₫12,482	-83.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.26	$0.25 ₫6,482	-89.1%
Average			-82.8%

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pay 53.5% less for groceries

	Aliso Viejo	Hanoi
Bread 1 loaf	$4.52	$0.91 ₫23,869	-80.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.22	$4.95 ₫130,610	-20.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62	$5.27 ₫139,035	+14.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.50	$1.51 ₫39,735	-66.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$7.55	$1.59 ₫41,879	-79.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.90	$1.44 ₫37,835	-50.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.74	$0.47 ₫12,394	-36.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.75	$0.66 ₫17,421	-62.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.17	$0.50 ₫13,176	-76.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.38	$0.44 ₫11,647	-68.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.22	$0.46 ₫12,154	-62.2%
Average			-53.5%

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pay 23.7% less for transportation

	Aliso Viejo	Hanoi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.78	$3.20 ₫84,474	-32.9%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$7.58 ₫199,710
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,500.00	$37,880.00 ₫998,550,169	+32.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$19.41	$5.61 ₫147,785	-71.1%
Average			-23.7%

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pay 82.2% less for housing

	Aliso Viejo	Hanoi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$74.01	$8.67 ₫228,668	-88.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,800.00	$348.52 ₫9,187,333	-87.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,500.00	$258.44 ₫6,812,815	-89.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$153.80	$56.25 ₫1,482,671	-63.4%
Average			-82.2%

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pay 71.7% less for childcare

	Aliso Viejo	Hanoi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,762.50	$231.49 ₫6,102,251	-86.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$27,000.00	$11,784.89 ₫310,660,053	-56.4%
Average			-71.7%

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pay 73.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Aliso Viejo	Hanoi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$0.95 ₫24,964	-88.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.67	$1.79 ₫47,244	-68.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.50	$1.33 ₫34,949	-87.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$50.00	$27.93 ₫736,317	-44.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$18.00	$3.79 ₫99,855	-79.0%
Average			-73.4%

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pay 36.2% less for clothing

	Aliso Viejo	Hanoi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$61.25	$41.82 ₫1,102,320	-31.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$44.15	$22.94 ₫604,678	-48.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$100.00	$86.52 ₫2,280,748	-13.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$149.85	$72.39 ₫1,908,340	-51.7%
Average			-36.2%

Aliso Viejo vs. Hanoi - Cost of clothing

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