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Vietnam

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Mexico

San Luis Potosi vs. Ho Chi Minh City Cost of Living Summary

San Luis Potosi is 43.4% more expensive than Ho Chi Minh City.

Restaurants: pay 3.8 times more in San Luis Potosi
Groceries: pay 60.6% more in San Luis Potosi
Transportation: pay 80.8% more in San Luis Potosi
Housing: pay 15.9% more in San Luis Potosi
Childcare: pay 69.5% less in San Luis Potosi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 82.9% more in San Luis Potosi
Clothing: pay 3.3% more in San Luis Potosi

The cost of restaurants, entertainment and sports, transportation, groceries, housing, and clothing in San Luis Potosi are more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh City. Notably, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and transportation are significantly more expensive in San Luis Potosi.

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San Luis Potosi vs. Ho Chi Minh City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Luis Potosi instead of Ho Chi Minh City, you would:

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pay 3.8 times more for restaurants

	Ho Chi Minh City	San Luis Potosi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.92 ₫49,832	$13.91 MX$257.20	+622.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.62 ₫120K	$9.46 MX$174.89	+104.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.54 ₫13,905	$1.36 MX$25.21	+153.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 ₫8,590	$0.95 MX$17.49	+185.1%
Average			+281.4%

Ho Chi Minh City vs. San Luis Potosi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 60.6% more for groceries

	Ho Chi Minh City	San Luis Potosi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.08 ₫27,843	$2.59 MX$47.84	+140.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.05 ₫157K	$4.23 MX$78.19	-30.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.13 ₫159K	$5.85 MX$108.20	-4.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.62 ₫42,008	$2.71 MX$50.05	+66.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.64 ₫42,570	$4.62 MX$85.46	+181.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.36 ₫35,261	$1.51 MX$27.84	+10.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.58 ₫14,953	$0.74 MX$13.72	+28.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.72 ₫18,715	$1.01 MX$18.67	+39.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.58 ₫14,918	$1.17 MX$21.62	+102.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 ₫14,104	$1.20 MX$22.18	+120.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.53 ₫13,662	$1.45 MX$26.85	+175.1%
Average			+60.6%

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pay 80.8% more for transportation

	Ho Chi Minh City	San Luis Potosi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.55 ₫91,950	$5.46 MX$100.98	+53.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.55 ₫299K	$72.56 MX$1,341.90	+528.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,715.02 ₫795M	$21,528.95 MX$398K	-29.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.80 ₫150K	$14.13 MX$261.27	+143.5%
Average			+80.8%

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pay 15.9% more for housing

	Ho Chi Minh City	San Luis Potosi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.46 ₫271K	$31.52 MX$582.98	+201.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$585.86 ₫15M	$656.46 MX$12,139.76	+12.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$297.81 ₫8M	$469.53 MX$8,683.01	+57.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$79.24 ₫2M	$32.21 MX$595.64	-59.4%
Average			+15.9%

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pay 69.5% less for childcare

	Ho Chi Minh City	San Luis Potosi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$438.36 ₫11M	$263.32 MX$4,869.62	-39.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,561.82 ₫610M	$3,645.74 MX$67,420.24	-84.5%
Average			-69.5%

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pay 82.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Ho Chi Minh City	San Luis Potosi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.03 ₫26,762	$2.64 MX$48.87	+155.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.81 ₫46,978	$3.34 MX$61.73	+84.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.23 ₫31,892	$4.17 MX$77.16	+238.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$25.91 ₫671K	$30.60 MX$565.84	+18.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.46 ₫89,697	$5.84 MX$108.02	+68.6%
Average			+82.9%

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pay 3.3% more for clothing

	Ho Chi Minh City	San Luis Potosi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.59 ₫1M	$55.63 MX$1,028.79	+7.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.61 ₫896K	$38.94 MX$720.16	+12.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.59 ₫2M	$101.97 MX$1,885.78	+11.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.62 ₫2M	$79.72 MX$1,474.26	-15.7%
Average			+3.3%

Ho Chi Minh City vs. San Luis Potosi - Cost of clothing

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