Bucharest vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$474	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	77	71
😀 Quality of life	79	62
🏙️ Population	1.72M	8.44M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 53% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 5565th and 7236th ($988 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Romania and Vietnam, respectively. Check Romania vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 645th and 4848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Hanoi

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	Bucharest	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$12394

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393