Cost of Living Comparison

VND

COMPARED TO

GBP

United Kingdom is 3.7 times more expensive than Vietnam.

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Vietnam, you would:

pay 4.6 times more for restaurants

	Vietnam	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.98 ₫44,885	$17.81 £13.76	+800.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.28 ₫97,246	$7.97 £6.16	+86.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 ₫12,930	$1.86 £1.44	+226.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 ₫7,494	$1.35 £1.04	+308.5%
Average			+355.4%

Vietnam vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 54.8% more for groceries

	Vietnam	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$0.80 ₫18,134	$1.37 £1.06	+71.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.47 ₫169,655	$3.82 £2.95	-48.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.49 ₫124,727	$4.80 £3.71	-12.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.33 ₫30,254	$2.67 £2.06	+100.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.55 ₫35,152	$3.55 £2.74	+129.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.21 ₫27,452	$1.16 £0.90	-4.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.50 ₫11,347	$0.72 £0.56	+44.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.75 ₫17,099	$1.09 £0.84	+44.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 ₫8,842	$1.17 £0.90	+200.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.60 ₫13,559	$0.75 £0.58	+25.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 ₫9,617	$0.65 £0.50	+52.3%
Average			+54.8%

Vietnam vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.8 times more for transportation

	Vietnam	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.17 ₫72,011	$6.75 £5.21	+112.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.81 ₫177,375	$100.97 £78.01	+1192.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$41,781.21 ₫948,600,639	$26,928.94 £20,805.84	-35.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.42 ₫122,993	$18.13 £14.01	+234.7%
Average			+376.1%

Vietnam vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.6 times more for housing

	Vietnam	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.50 ₫238,335	$43.51 £33.62	+314.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$359.67 ₫8,165,844	$1,061.39 £820.05	+195.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$253.19 ₫5,748,427	$877.47 £677.95	+246.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$46.06 ₫1,045,761	$168.66 £130.31	+266.2%
Average			+255.6%

Vietnam vs. United Kingdom - Cost of housing

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pay 5.2 times more for childcare

	Vietnam	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$145.09 ₫3,294,063	$1,257.47 £971.55	+766.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,920.47 ₫225,234,377	$17,904.66 £13,833.50	+80.5%
Average			+423.6%

Vietnam vs. United Kingdom - Cost of childcare

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pay 5.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Vietnam	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.93 ₫21,125	$5.04 £3.90	+442.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.67 ₫37,957	$3.81 £2.94	+127.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.22 ₫27,701	$15.26 £11.79	+1151.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$21.98 ₫498,938	$47.17 £36.44	+114.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.43 ₫77,823	$13.49 £10.42	+293.5%
Average			+425.8%

Vietnam vs. United Kingdom - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 28.8% more for clothing

	Vietnam	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$37.00 ₫840,082	$79.67 £61.56	+115.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.38 ₫825,994	$41.25 £31.87	+13.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$103.32 ₫2,345,676	$85.80 £66.29	-17.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$83.00 ₫1,884,471	$86.00 £66.45	+3.6%
Average			+28.8%

Vietnam vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing

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