Brisbane vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$340
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$602
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$212
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$505
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	72
😀 Quality of life	97	67
🏙️ Population	2.71M	8.72M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 235% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 1241st and 7314th ($2323 vs $694) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Australia and Vietnam, respectively. Check Australia vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 3rd and 4766th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hanoi

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	Brisbane	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$384
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$260
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$687
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$46.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$8.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	7.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$4545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$2658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$5.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$13.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$1.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$26.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$3.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$43.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$82.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$341
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$14773

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$594
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$586
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$582
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$467
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$599
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$583
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$564
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$579
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$593
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$574
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$592
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$602
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$617
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$580
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$589
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$495
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$968
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1033
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$714
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$620
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$577
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$593
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$751
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$711
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$968
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$782
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$607
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$564
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$601
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$802
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$797
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$591
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$375