Cost of living comparison
Vietnam is 19.0% cheaper than Roseau.
If you lived in Vietnam instead of Roseau, you would:
pay 58.3% less for restaurants
Roseau
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
$1.96
₫49,746
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.11
EC$16.50
|
$4.91
₫124,447
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.75
EC$4.73
|
$0.59
₫15,050
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.49
EC$4.01
|
$0.38
₫9,742
|
|
pay 51.0% less for groceries
Roseau
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.54
EC$6.87
|
$1.11
₫28,019
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) | ?? |
$6.92
₫175,441
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$18.91
EC$51.10
|
$5.46
₫138,375
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.89
EC$10.50
|
$1.62
₫40,984
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.78
₫45,154
|
|
Apples (1 lb) | ?? |
$1.40
₫35,424
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.52
₫13,191
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.78
₫19,698
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) | ?? |
$0.49
₫12,528
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.09
EC$2.94
|
$0.55
₫14,053
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.67
EC$1.81
|
$0.54
₫13,666
|
|
pay 22.5% less for transportation
Roseau
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.01
EC$10.84
|
$4.05
₫102,672
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$14.80
EC$40.00
|
$8.00
₫202,684
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$40,523.11
₫1,027,071,957
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$5.93
₫150,418
|
|
pay 22.3% less for housing
Roseau
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.75
EC$175.00
|
$10.02
₫253,893
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$345.65
EC$934.14
|
$364.76
₫9,245,070
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$197.34
EC$533.33
|
$221.46
₫5,612,931
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$41.86
₫1,060,883
|
|
pay 2.0 times more for childcare
Roseau
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$111.01
EC$300.00
|
$226.70
₫5,745,902
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters | ?? |
$10,132.35
₫256,807,933
|
|
pay 48.5% less for entertainment and sports
Roseau
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.85
EC$5.00
|
$0.94
₫23,725
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.94
EC$7.94
|
$1.86
₫47,188
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$7.40
EC$20.00
|
$1.29
₫32,646
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$29.60
EC$80.00
|
$24.96
₫632,710
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$9.25
EC$25.00
|
$3.86
₫97,818
|
|
pay 34.7% less for clothing
Roseau
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$70.92
EC$191.67
|
$33.66
₫853,178
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.24
EC$103.33
|
$29.49
₫747,449
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$154.18
EC$416.67
|
$90.06
₫2,282,537
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$135.67
EC$366.67
|
$106.00
₫2,686,561
|
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