Cost of living comparison
Vietnam is 22.8% more expensive than Windhoek.
If you lived in Vietnam instead of Windhoek, you would:
pay 39.2% less for restaurants
Windhoek
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.21
$153.94
|
$1.96
₫49,117
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.65
$87.23
|
$4.91
₫122,875
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.86
$16.13
|
$0.59
₫14,860
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.86
$16.13
|
$0.38
₫9,619
|
|
pay 22.4% more for groceries
Windhoek
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.72
$13.54
|
$1.11
₫27,665
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.84
$53.20
|
$6.92
₫173,224
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.30
$80.61
|
$5.46
₫136,626
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.17
$40.76
|
$1.62
₫40,466
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.99
$37.36
|
$1.78
₫44,583
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.79
$14.74
|
$1.40
₫34,976
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.71
$13.30
|
$0.52
₫13,024
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.64
$12.01
|
$0.78
₫19,449
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.57
$10.71
|
$0.49
₫12,369
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.67
$12.61
|
$0.55
₫13,875
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.46
$8.69
|
$0.54
₫13,494
|
|
pay 79.5% more for transportation
Windhoek
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.15
$77.86
|
$4.05
₫101,374
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$21.59
$405.04
|
$8.00
₫200,122
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$8,205.69
$153,943.26
|
$40,523.11
₫1,014,092,041
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.62
$124.18
|
$5.93
₫148,517
|
|
pay 31.6% less for housing
Windhoek
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$51.96
$974.77
|
$10.02
₫250,684
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$349.50
$6,556.84
|
$364.76
₫9,128,233
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$250.08
$4,691.60
|
$221.46
₫5,541,996
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$68.42
$1,283.55
|
$41.86
₫1,047,476
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for childcare
Windhoek
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$140.81
$2,641.67
|
$226.70
₫5,673,286
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,704.96
$69,507.09
|
$10,132.35
₫253,562,449
|
|
pay 19.0% less for entertainment and sports
Windhoek
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.37
$25.66
|
$0.94
₫23,425
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.76
$33.10
|
$1.86
₫46,592
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.19
$41.05
|
$1.29
₫32,233
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$45.54
$854.39
|
$24.96
₫624,714
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.28
$61.58
|
$3.86
₫96,581
|
|
pay 30.2% more for clothing
Windhoek
|
Vietnam
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$36.93
$692.74
|
$33.66
₫842,396
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$24.33
$456.44
|
$29.49
₫738,003
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$69.75
$1,308.52
|
$90.06
₫2,253,691
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$59.15
$1,109.64
|
$106.00
₫2,652,608
|
|
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