Athens vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$616	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$487
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	90	66
😀 Quality of life	78	65
🏙️ Population	643K	9.39M

The cost of living in Athens is 73% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 4281st and 6739th ($1272 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Greece and Vietnam, respectively. Check Greece vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 656th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Athens	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$14143

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

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