Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Vietnam
  3. Turkey
  4. Comparison
VND
COMPARED TO
TRY

Turkey is 7.5% cheaper than Vietnam.

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

pay 1.8% more for restaurants

  Vietnam help_outline Turkey help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $1.82
₫41,335
$3.15
₺11.23
+73.0%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.03
₫91,488
$3.04
₺10.83
-24.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.55
₫12,490
$0.55
₺1.96
-0.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.33
₫7,559
$0.20
₺0.70
-41.2%
Average +1.8%
Vietnam vs. Turkey - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 33.6% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.75
₫17,071
$0.31
₺1.10
-59.1%
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.76
₫176,144
$2.57
₺9.15
-66.9%
Milk (1 gallon) $5.60
₫127,115
$2.63
₺9.39
-53.0%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.25
₫28,340
$1.37
₺4.88
+9.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.57
₫35,712
$1.08
₺3.85
-31.3%
Apples (1 lb) $1.30
₫29,601
$0.33
₺1.16
-75.1%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.43
₫9,861
$0.79
₺2.81
+81.4%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.71
₫16,214
$0.43
₺1.54
-39.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.38
₫8,668
$0.28
₺1.00
-26.4%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.55
₫12,407
$0.19
₺0.67
-65.5%
Onions (1 lb) $0.45
₫10,167
$0.25
₺0.89
-44.5%
Average -33.6%
Vietnam vs. Turkey - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 31.0% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.32
₫75,381
$3.22
₺11.50
-2.9%
Monthly public transit pass $7.65
₫173,722
$20.93
₺74.63
+173.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $40,556.96
₫920,805,117
$23,871.04
₺85,109.80
-41.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $5.50
₫124,893
$5.20
₺18.55
-5.4%
Average +31.0%
Vietnam vs. Turkey - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 25.2% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $11.41
₫258,961
$13.41
₺47.80
+17.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $378.72
₫8,598,392
$149.53
₺533.13
-60.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $269.04
₫6,108,326
$107.80
₺384.34
-59.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $46.96
₫1,066,244
$47.99
₺171.10
+2.2%
Average -25.2%
Vietnam vs. Turkey - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 16.7% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $137.34
₫3,118,157
$177.30
₺632.16
+29.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,034.52
₫205,119,690
$3,388.31
₺12,080.67
-62.5%
Average -16.7%
Vietnam vs. Turkey - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 32.3% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $0.99
₫22,450
$2.06
₺7.34
+108.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.70
₫38,494
$1.48
₺5.28
-12.7%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.16
₫26,239
$2.35
₺8.39
+103.6%
Monthly membership at local gym $22.60
₫513,030
$20.08
₺71.61
-11.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $3.61
₫82,024
$2.65
₺9.46
-26.5%
Average +32.3%
Vietnam vs. Turkey - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 41.9% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $37.35
₫847,944
$28.86
₺102.90
-22.7%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $34.24
₫777,342
$20.84
₺74.29
-39.1%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $105.76
₫2,401,212
$50.61
₺180.44
-52.1%
Men's business shoes (leather) $86.06
₫1,953,894
$40.01
₺142.64
-53.5%
Average -41.9%
Vietnam vs. Turkey - Cost of clothing
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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: October 2020
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