Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Ireland
  3. Vietnam
  4. Comparison
EUR
COMPARED TO
VND

Ireland is 20.9% cheaper than Vietnam.

If you lived in Vietnam instead of Ireland, you would:
local_dining

pay 76.6% less for restaurants

  Ireland help_outline Vietnam help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.64
€13.72
$1.93
₫43,843
-87.7%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.79
€7.71
$3.74
₫84,972
-57.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.93
€1.69
$0.53
₫12,109
-72.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.54
€1.35
$0.31
₫7,006
-80.0%
Ireland vs. Vietnam - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 31.8% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.58
€1.39
$0.62
₫14,171
-60.5%
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.15
€3.64
$6.86
₫155,638
+65.3%
Milk (1 gallon) $4.23
€3.71
$5.39
₫122,331
+27.4%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.07
€2.69
$1.19
₫26,993
-61.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $3.93
€3.45
$1.36
₫30,834
-65.5%
Apples (1 lb) $0.94
€0.82
$1.15
₫26,014
+21.9%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.82
€0.72
$0.33
₫7,514
-59.6%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.03
€0.90
$0.68
₫15,330
-34.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.20
€1.05
$0.36
₫8,087
-70.2%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.67
€0.59
$0.43
₫9,683
-36.3%
Onions (1 lb) $0.51
€0.45
$0.40
₫9,009
-22.8%
Ireland vs. Vietnam - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 40.6% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.90
€5.17
$3.15
₫71,513
-46.6%
Monthly public transit pass $128.27
€112.48
$7.55
₫171,476
-94.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,792.44
€23,494.32
$37,864.66
₫859,679,316
+41.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $16.76
€14.70
$4.77
₫108,286
-71.5%
Ireland vs. Vietnam - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 69.3% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $57.29
€50.24
$10.49
₫238,058
-81.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $991.34
€869.30
$318.22
₫7,224,831
-67.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $802.71
€703.89
$236.65
₫5,372,988
-70.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $121.67
€106.69
$39.65
₫900,314
-67.4%
Ireland vs. Vietnam - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 6.6% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $813.06
€712.97
$120.21
₫2,729,255
-85.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,458.82
€6,540.65
$8,698.16
₫197,483,065
+16.6%
Ireland vs. Vietnam - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 66.5% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.23
€4.59
$0.97
₫21,989
-81.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.32
€2.91
$1.55
₫35,295
-53.2%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $13.43
€11.78
$1.10
₫24,914
-91.8%
Monthly membership at local gym $47.88
€41.99
$20.22
₫459,109
-57.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $10.43
€9.15
$3.07
₫69,592
-70.6%
Ireland vs. Vietnam - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 26.7% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $75.64
€66.33
$31.91
₫724,583
-57.8%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $40.31
€35.35
$25.28
₫573,938
-37.3%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $82.57
€72.40
$79.42
₫1,803,190
-3.8%
Men's business shoes (leather) $90.72
€79.55
$75.29
₫1,709,392
-17.0%
Ireland vs. Vietnam - Cost of clothing
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