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Hanoi vs. Stockton Cost of Living Summary

Hanoi is 48.3% cheaper than Stockton.

Restaurants: pay 82.5% less in Hanoi
Groceries: pay 50.8% less in Hanoi
Transportation: pay 32.7% less in Hanoi
Housing: pay 78.8% less in Hanoi
Childcare: pay 14.4% less in Hanoi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 67.5% less in Hanoi
Clothing: pay 11.5% less in Hanoi

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

Hanoi vs. Stockton Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 82.5% less for restaurants

	Stockton	Hanoi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$1.89 ₫49,928	-90.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00	$4.32 ₫113,835	-64.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.42	$0.47 ₫12,482	-86.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.38	$0.25 ₫6,482	-89.6%
Average			-82.5%

Stockton vs. Hanoi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 50.8% less for groceries

	Stockton	Hanoi
Bread 1 loaf	$4.63	$0.91 ₫23,869	-80.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.78	$4.95 ₫130,610	+3.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56	$5.27 ₫139,035	-5.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.40	$1.51 ₫39,735	-72.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$6.98	$1.59 ₫41,879	-77.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.82	$1.44 ₫37,835	-49.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.65	$0.47 ₫12,394	-27.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.33	$0.66 ₫17,421	-50.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.83	$0.50 ₫13,176	-82.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.77	$0.44 ₫11,647	-42.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.99	$0.46 ₫12,154	-76.8%
Average			-50.8%

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pay 32.7% less for transportation

	Stockton	Hanoi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.66	$3.20 ₫84,474	-31.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$40.00	$7.58 ₫199,710	-81.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,050.31	$37,880.00 ₫998,550,169	+51.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$18.41	$5.61 ₫147,785	-69.6%
Average			-32.7%

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pay 78.8% less for housing

	Stockton	Hanoi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$70.13	$8.67 ₫228,668	-87.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,500.00	$348.52 ₫9,187,333	-76.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,250.00	$258.44 ₫6,812,815	-79.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$197.55	$56.25 ₫1,482,671	-71.5%
Average			-78.8%

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pay 14.4% less for childcare

	Stockton	Hanoi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$250.00	$231.49 ₫6,102,251	-7.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$15,000.00	$11,784.89 ₫310,660,053	-21.4%
Average			-14.4%

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pay 67.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Stockton	Hanoi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.50	$0.95 ₫24,964	-85.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.83	$1.79 ₫47,244	-69.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$11.50	$1.33 ₫34,949	-88.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.67	$27.93 ₫736,317	-23.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.95	$3.79 ₫99,855	-70.7%
Average			-67.5%

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pay 11.5% less for clothing

	Stockton	Hanoi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.50	$41.82 ₫1,102,320	-26.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.99	$22.94 ₫604,678	-20.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.31	$86.52 ₫2,280,748	+10.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$80.00	$72.39 ₫1,908,340	-9.5%
Average			-11.5%

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