Cost of living comparison

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Southampton vs. Hanoi Cost of Living Summary

Southampton is 4.2 times more expensive than Hanoi.

Restaurants: pay 6.7 times more in Southampton
Groceries: pay 88.5% more in Southampton
Transportation: pay 4.6 times more in Southampton
Housing: pay 4.2 times more in Southampton
Childcare: pay 4.0 times more in Southampton
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.8 times more in Southampton
Clothing: pay 2.1 times more in Southampton

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

Southampton vs. Hanoi Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 6.7 times more for restaurants

	Hanoi	Southampton
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.89 ₫49,824	$22.70 £16.98	+1098.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.32 ₫113,598	$9.68 £7.24	+124.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.47 ₫12,456	$2.35 £1.76	+396.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.25 ₫6,469	$1.82 £1.36	+641.5%
Average			+565.1%

Hanoi vs. Southampton - Cost of restaurants

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pay 88.5% more for groceries

	Hanoi	Southampton
Bread 1 loaf	$0.91 ₫23,820	$1.50 £1.12	+65.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.95 ₫130,338	$4.65 £3.48	-6.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.27 ₫138,746	$6.20 £4.63	+17.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.51 ₫39,652	$4.81 £3.60	+219.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.59 ₫41,792	$4.20 £3.14	+164.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.44 ₫37,756	$1.05 £0.79	-26.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.47 ₫12,368	$0.91 £0.68	+93.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.66 ₫17,384	$1.33 £1.00	+101.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 ₫13,149	$1.51 £1.13	+202.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.44 ₫11,623	$0.79 £0.59	+78.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫12,128	$0.76 £0.56	+63.8%
Average			+88.5%

Hanoi vs. Southampton - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.6 times more for transportation

	Hanoi	Southampton
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.20 ₫84,298	$7.15 £5.35	+123.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.58 ₫199,294	$86.14 £64.41	+1037.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,880.00 ₫996,471,280	$37,772.71 £28,247.61	-0.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.61 ₫147,478	$20.30 £15.18	+262.1%
Average			+355.5%

Hanoi vs. Southampton - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.2 times more for housing

	Hanoi	Southampton
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$8.67 ₫228,192	$39.23 £29.34	+352.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$348.52 ₫9,168,206	$1,370.15 £1,024.64	+293.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$258.44 ₫6,798,631	$1,147.14 £857.86	+343.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$56.25 ₫1,479,584	$216.16 £161.65	+284.3%
Average			+318.4%

Hanoi vs. Southampton - Cost of housing

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pay 4.0 times more for childcare

	Hanoi	Southampton
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$231.49 ₫6,089,547	$1,502.36 £1,123.51	+549.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,784.89 ₫310,013,287	$18,028.34 £13,482.15	+53.0%
Average			+301.0%

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pay 5.8 times more for entertainment and sports

	Hanoi	Southampton
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.95 ₫24,912	$8.01 £5.99	+746.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.79 ₫47,146	$4.82 £3.60	+168.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.33 ₫34,876	$17.36 £12.98	+1209.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$27.93 ₫734,784	$40.06 £29.96	+43.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.79 ₫99,647	$12.35 £9.24	+226.1%
Average			+478.8%

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pay 2.1 times more for clothing

	Hanoi	Southampton
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$41.82 ₫1,100,025	$113.51 £84.89	+171.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$22.94 ₫603,419	$52.08 £38.95	+127.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$86.52 ₫2,276,000	$114.62 £85.72	+32.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$72.39 ₫1,904,367	$143.56 £107.36	+98.3%
Average			+107.3%

Hanoi vs. Southampton - 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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