Belgrade vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$622	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$487
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	51	66
😀 Quality of life	71	65
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.39M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 58% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 4605th and 6739th ($1160 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and Vietnam, respectively. Check Serbia vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 2157th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Belgrade	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$14143

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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