Adelaide vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$487
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	50	66
😀 Quality of life	94	65
🏙️ Population	1.39M	9.39M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 169% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 1894th and 6739th ($1978 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and Vietnam, respectively. Check Australia vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 46th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$14143

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588