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Bangkok vs. Hanoi Cost of Living Summary

Bangkok is 68.1% more expensive than Hanoi.

Restaurants: pay 30.6% more in Bangkok
Groceries: pay 42.0% more in Bangkok
Transportation: pay 2.4 times more in Bangkok
Housing: pay 45.2% more in Bangkok
Childcare: pay 83.5% more in Bangkok
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1 times more in Bangkok
Clothing: pay 23.4% more in Bangkok

The cost of transportation, entertainment and sports, childcare, housing, groceries, and restaurants in Bangkok are more expensive than in Hanoi. Notably, transportation, entertainment and sports, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Bangkok.

Bangkok vs. Hanoi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Bangkok instead of Hanoi, you would:

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pay 30.6% more for restaurants

	Hanoi	Bangkok
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.98 ₫50,178	$2.91 THB101.05	+47.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.75 ₫120,426	$5.83 THB202.10	+22.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.44 ₫11,240	$0.62 THB21.36	+39.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 ₫6,523	$0.29 THB10.12	+13.5%
Average			+30.6%

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pay 42.0% more for groceries

	Hanoi	Bangkok
Bread 1 loaf	$1.03 ₫26,085	$1.52 THB52.80	+48.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.00 ₫126,911	$11.74 THB407.25	+134.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ₫134,452	$7.32 THB253.88	+38.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.59 ₫40,233	$2.27 THB78.82	+43.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.59 ₫40,433	$1.31 THB45.61	-17.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.72 ₫43,640	$1.47 THB51.04	-14.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫11,730	$0.73 THB25.20	+57.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.76 ₫19,364	$1.04 THB35.91	+35.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.49 ₫12,351	$0.80 THB27.91	+65.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫11,555	$0.71 THB24.72	+56.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.54 ₫13,656	$0.62 THB21.59	+15.6%
Average			+42.0%

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pay 2.4 times more for transportation

	Hanoi	Bangkok
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.47 ₫87,979	$4.47 THB154.90	+28.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.91 ₫200,710	$39.32 THB1,364.16	+397.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$39,554.95 ₫1,003,550,794	$55,345.18 THB1,919,935.11	+39.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.38 ₫136,483	$10.34 THB358.72	+92.2%
Average			+139.5%

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pay 45.2% more for housing

	Hanoi	Bangkok
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.00 ₫228,440	$15.36 THB532.84	+70.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$338.66 ₫8,592,220	$571.31 THB19,818.69	+68.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$239.31 ₫6,071,482	$301.88 THB10,472.37	+26.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.28 ₫1,478,577	$67.33 THB2,335.72	+15.5%
Average			+45.2%

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pay 83.5% more for childcare

	Hanoi	Bangkok
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$243.92 ₫6,188,563	$632.63 THB21,946.18	+159.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,260.72 ₫311,067,294	$13,191.37 THB457,611.09	+7.6%
Average			+83.5%

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Hanoi	Bangkok
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.99 ₫25,089	$2.33 THB80.84	+135.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.83 ₫46,511	$2.58 THB89.63	+40.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.38 ₫35,124	$4.20 THB145.76	+203.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$26.31 ₫667,441	$54.58 THB1,893.33	+107.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.15 ₫105,373	$7.28 THB252.62	+75.3%
Average			+112.6%

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pay 23.4% more for clothing

	Hanoi	Bangkok
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$36.72 ₫931,657	$55.27 THB1,917.27	+50.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$26.37 ₫669,034	$34.84 THB1,208.57	+32.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.93 ₫2,357,751	$97.10 THB3,368.27	+4.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$86.41 ₫2,192,372	$92.12 THB3,195.68	+6.6%
Average			+23.4%

Hanoi vs. Bangkok - 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: January 2025

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