Brisbane vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1977
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$505
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	71
😀 Quality of life	97	63
🏙️ Population	2.36M	8.44M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 284% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 781st and 7305th ($2491 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 Brisbane compared to 0.8 months in Hanoi. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 15th and 4684th 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	$14	$2.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$209
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$870
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$666
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$51.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$78.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	10.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$2876
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$1588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$8.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$3.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$1.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$93.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$13338

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$565
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$554
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$571
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$523
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$606
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$592
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$571
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$586
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$549
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$614
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$572
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$593
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$660
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1151
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$725
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$623
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$580
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$601
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$794
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$671
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1168
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$778
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$621
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$555
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$607
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$774
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$774
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$599
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$407