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Hanoi vs. Redwood City Cost of Living Summary

Hanoi is 66.1% cheaper than Redwood City.

Restaurants: pay 85.0% less in Hanoi
Groceries: pay 64.4% less in Hanoi
Transportation: pay 44.9% less in Hanoi
Housing: pay 84.2% less in Hanoi
Childcare: pay 81.8% less in Hanoi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 82.1% less in Hanoi
Clothing: pay 20.3% less in Hanoi

Expenses including restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, childcare, groceries, and transportation are lower in Hanoi.

Hanoi vs. Redwood City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Hanoi instead of Redwood City, you would:

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pay 85.0% less for restaurants

	Redwood City	Hanoi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$30.00	$1.89 ₫49,928	-93.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$14.50	$4.32 ₫113,835	-70.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.30	$0.47 ₫12,482	-85.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.50	$0.25 ₫6,482	-90.2%
Average			-85.0%

Redwood City vs. Hanoi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 64.4% less for groceries

	Redwood City	Hanoi
Bread 1 loaf	$5.06	$0.91 ₫23,869	-82.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.45	$4.95 ₫130,610	-41.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.85	$5.27 ₫139,035	-9.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$8.00	$1.51 ₫39,735	-81.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.63	$1.59 ₫41,879	-76.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.22	$1.44 ₫37,835	-55.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.31	$0.47 ₫12,394	-64.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.37	$0.66 ₫17,421	-72.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.26	$0.50 ₫13,176	-77.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.67	$0.44 ₫11,647	-73.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.81	$0.46 ₫12,154	-74.5%
Average			-64.4%

Redwood City vs. Hanoi - Cost of groceries

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pay 44.9% less for transportation

	Redwood City	Hanoi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.75	$3.20 ₫84,474	-32.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$74.00	$7.58 ₫199,710	-89.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,753.89	$37,880.00 ₫998,550,169	+3.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.09	$5.61 ₫147,785	-60.2%
Average			-44.9%

Redwood City vs. Hanoi - Cost of transportation

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pay 84.2% less for housing

	Redwood City	Hanoi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$68.78	$8.67 ₫228,668	-87.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$4,250.00	$348.52 ₫9,187,333	-91.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$2,500.00	$258.44 ₫6,812,815	-89.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$174.09	$56.25 ₫1,482,671	-67.7%
Average			-84.2%

Redwood City vs. Hanoi - Cost of housing

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pay 81.8% less for childcare

	Redwood City	Hanoi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,823.00	$231.49 ₫6,102,251	-91.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$42,000.00	$11,784.89 ₫310,660,053	-71.9%
Average			-81.8%

Redwood City vs. Hanoi - Cost of childcare

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pay 82.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Redwood City	Hanoi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$8.00	$0.95 ₫24,964	-88.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.79	$1.79 ₫47,244	-69.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.45	$1.33 ₫34,949	-87.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$240.00	$27.93 ₫736,317	-88.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$17.00	$3.79 ₫99,855	-77.7%
Average			-82.1%

Redwood City vs. Hanoi - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 20.3% less for clothing

	Redwood City	Hanoi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.67	$41.82 ₫1,102,320	-26.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$25.00	$22.94 ₫604,678	-8.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$95.00	$86.52 ₫2,280,748	-8.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$116.67	$72.39 ₫1,908,340	-37.9%
Average			-20.3%

Redwood City vs. Hanoi - Cost of clothing

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