Cost of living comparison

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Hanoi vs. Tokyo Cost of Living Summary
Hanoi vs. Tokyo Cost Breakdown

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

pay 51.1% less for restaurants

 
Tokyo
Hanoi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.51
¥992
$1.98
₫50,216
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.21
¥794
$4.75
₫120,518
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.12
¥170
$0.44
₫11,248

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pay 46.2% less for groceries

 
Tokyo
Hanoi
Bread
1 loaf
$1.63
¥249
$1.03
₫26,105
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.01
¥1,068
$5.00
₫127,007
Milk (1 gallon) $5.89
¥897
$5.30
₫134,555

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pay 26.8% less for transportation

 
Tokyo
Hanoi
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.42
¥674
$3.47
₫88,046
Monthly public transit pass $58.62
¥8,931
$7.91
₫200,863
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $21,767.76
¥3,316,210
$39,554.95
₫1,004,315,857

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pay 64.2% less for housing

 
Tokyo
Hanoi
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$31.86
¥4,854
$9.00
₫228,614
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,120.28
¥170,669
$338.66
₫8,598,770
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $582.98
¥88,814
$239.31
₫6,076,111

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pay 34.9% less for childcare

 
Tokyo
Hanoi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $533.29
¥81,245
$243.92
₫6,193,281
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $14,506.96
¥2,210,062
$12,260.72
₫311,304,439

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pay 61.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
Tokyo
Hanoi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.26
¥496
$0.99
₫25,108
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.40
¥518
$1.83
₫46,546
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.91
¥595
$1.38
₫35,151

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pay 2.0% less for clothing

 
Tokyo
Hanoi
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$52.60
¥8,013
$36.72
₫932,367
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.87
¥5,617
$26.37
₫669,544
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$63.41
¥9,661
$92.93
₫2,359,548

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: February 2025
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