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Richards Bay vs. Hanoi Cost of Living Summary

Richards Bay is 77.5% more expensive than Hanoi.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Richards Bay
Groceries: pay 5.7% more in Richards Bay
Transportation: pay 4.0 times more in Richards Bay
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Richards Bay
Childcare: pay 69.2% less in Richards Bay
Entertainment and Sports: pay 51.3% more in Richards Bay
Clothing: pay 1.4% more in Richards Bay

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

Richards Bay vs. Hanoi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Richards Bay instead of Hanoi, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Hanoi	Richards Bay
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.89 ₫49,934	$7.17 ZAR121.31	+278.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.32 ₫113,850	$5.16 ZAR87.35	+19.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 ₫12,484	$0.92 ZAR15.66	+95.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.25 ₫6,483	$0.73 ZAR12.36	+197.0%
Average			+147.5%

Hanoi vs. Richards Bay - Cost of restaurants

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pay 5.7% more for groceries

	Hanoi	Richards Bay
Bread 1 loaf	$0.91 ₫23,872	$0.94 ZAR15.86	+3.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.95 ₫130,628	$3.67 ZAR62.15	-25.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.27 ₫139,054	$3.64 ZAR61.54	-31.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.51 ₫39,740	$2.18 ZAR36.91	+44.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.59 ₫41,885	$2.10 ZAR35.51	+32.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.44 ₫37,840	$0.74 ZAR12.47	-48.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.47 ₫12,396	$0.66 ZAR11.20	+40.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.66 ₫17,423	$0.64 ZAR10.75	-3.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ₫13,178	$0.63 ZAR10.66	+26.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.44 ₫11,648	$0.52 ZAR8.80	+17.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫12,155	$0.49 ZAR8.36	+7.2%
Average			+5.7%

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pay 4.0 times more for transportation

	Hanoi	Richards Bay
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.20 ₫84,485	$5.04 ZAR85.27	+57.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.58 ₫199,737	$97.47 ZAR1,649.87	+1186.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,880.00 ₫998,682,893	$20,354.81 ZAR344,531.64	-46.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.61 ₫147,805	$5.73 ZAR97.05	+2.3%
Average			+299.9%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Hanoi	Richards Bay
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$8.67 ₫228,698	$35.68 ZAR603.91	+311.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$348.52 ₫9,188,554	$401.36 ZAR6,793.58	+15.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$258.44 ₫6,813,720	$301.02 ZAR5,095.19	+16.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$56.25 ₫1,482,868	$101.94 ZAR1,725.51	+81.2%
Average			+106.0%

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pay 69.2% less for childcare

	Hanoi	Richards Bay
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$231.49 ₫6,103,062	$93.17 ZAR1,577.08	-59.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,784.89 ₫310,701,344	$2,537.18 ZAR42,945.14	-78.5%
Average			-69.2%

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pay 51.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Hanoi	Richards Bay
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.95 ₫24,967	$1.43 ZAR24.26	+51.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.79 ₫47,250	$2.00 ZAR33.92	+11.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.33 ₫34,954	$2.47 ZAR41.73	+86.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.93 ₫736,415	$32.97 ZAR558.04	+18.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.79 ₫99,868	$7.17 ZAR121.31	+89.2%
Average			+51.3%

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pay 1.4% more for clothing

	Hanoi	Richards Bay
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$41.82 ₫1,102,467	$46.39 ZAR785.28	+10.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$22.94 ₫604,758	$19.30 ZAR326.74	-15.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$86.52 ₫2,281,051	$87.44 ZAR1,480.03	+1.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$72.39 ₫1,908,594	$79.31 ZAR1,342.46	+9.6%
Average			+1.4%

Hanoi vs. Richards Bay - 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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