Can Tho vs Makassar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Can Tho	Makassar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$455	$486
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1212	$1121
🏠 One person rent	$155	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$262	$372
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$54.6	$33.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$159	$215
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	20	46
😀 Quality of life	43	61
🏙️ Population	3.21M	1.34M

The cost of living in Can Tho is 6% less expensive than in Makassar. Cities ranked 8848th and 8746th ($455 vs $486) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 28th in Vietnam and Indonesia, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Can Tho compared to 0.4 months in Makassar. Can Tho ranked 15th best city to live in Vietnam vs Makassar ranked 8th in Indonesia, while ranked 7506th and 5739th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/can-tho/makassar.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Can Tho vs Makassar infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/can-tho/makassar" target="_blank">Can Tho vs Makassar - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Can Tho vs Makassar

Prices for goods and services in Can Tho and Makassar are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Can Tho	Makassar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.24	$2.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$8.92
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.45	$3.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.12	$1.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$177
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$185	$251
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$54.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.8	$83.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.41	$25.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.56%	5.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3041	$1419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$558
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.86	$9.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.01	$3.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.89	$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$22.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.33	$2.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.73	$0.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$0.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$0.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.8	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.31	$3.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$9.92
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$1.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$19	$26.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$74.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$192	$95.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6876	$3858

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Can Tho

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Sa Dec	$519
52 km or 33 mi	Soc Trang	$523
54 km or 34 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
74 km or 46 mi	Rach Gia	$530
84 km or 52 mi	Bac Lieu	$506
117 km or 73 mi	Svay Rieng	$721
117 km or 73 mi	Ca Mau	$517
127 km or 79 mi	Ho Chi Minh	$726
144 km or 90 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$522
152 km or 95 mi	Bien Hoa	$414
154 km or 96 mi	Vung Tau	$503
169 km or 105 mi	Prey Veng	$776
188 km or 117 mi	Kampot	$582
195 km or 121 mi	Phnom Penh	$893
201 km or 125 mi	Phu Quoc	$518
222 km or 138 mi	Kampong Cham	$518
259 km or 161 mi	Sihanoukville	$766
278 km or 173 mi	Phan Thiet	$480
291 km or 181 mi	Mui Ne	$493
359 km or 223 mi	Da Lat	$563
383 km or 238 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$528
388 km or 241 mi	Stung Treng	$668
389 km or 242 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$533
425 km or 264 mi	Siem Reap	$679
440 km or 273 mi	Ko Chang	$718
442 km or 275 mi	Battambang	$601
445 km or 277 mi	Nha Trang	$540
499 km or 310 mi	Serei Saophoan	$644
544 km or 338 mi	Klaeng	$724
560 km or 348 mi	Qui Nhon	$515
583 km or 362 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
586 km or 364 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$543
599 km or 372 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550
618 km or 384 mi	Nong Prue	$809
624 km or 388 mi	Pattaya	$839
624 km or 388 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$784
629 km or 391 mi	Laem Chabang	$799
635 km or 395 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$766
642 km or 399 mi	Ko Samui	$735
652 km or 405 mi	Ko Tao	$812

Cities near Makassar

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Parepare	$470
253 km or 157 mi	Palopo	$482
358 km or 223 mi	Baubau	$468
376 km or 233 mi	Kendari	$475
379 km or 235 mi	Bima	$566
474 km or 294 mi	Palu	$510
523 km or 325 mi	Balikpapan	$556
529 km or 329 mi	Mataram	$387
549 km or 341 mi	Banjarbaru	$427
572 km or 355 mi	Banjarmasin	$436
573 km or 356 mi	Samarinda	$530
592 km or 368 mi	Ubud	$780
607 km or 377 mi	Denpasar	$493
614 km or 382 mi	Bali	$1115
623 km or 387 mi	Bontang	$511
691 km or 429 mi	Palangka Raya	$439
723 km or 450 mi	Kupang	$504
744 km or 462 mi	Probolinggo	$450
750 km or 466 mi	Gorontalo	$421
771 km or 479 mi	Maliana	$499
771 km or 479 mi	Pasuruan	$437
774 km or 481 mi	Surabaya	$520
779 km or 484 mi	Dili	$507
796 km or 495 mi	Ainaro	$500
814 km or 506 mi	Mojokerto	$402
814 km or 506 mi	Malang	$358
820 km or 509 mi	Batu	$386
861 km or 535 mi	Baucau	$501
867 km or 539 mi	Blitar	$416
870 km or 541 mi	Kediri	$428
915 km or 569 mi	Madiun	$419
952 km or 592 mi	Manado	$412
958 km or 595 mi	Tarakan	$497
974 km or 605 mi	Bitung	$423
984 km or 611 mi	Ambon	$499
988 km or 614 mi	Surakarta	$381
1015 km or 631 mi	Salatiga	$400
1015 km or 631 mi	Semarang	$490
1043 km or 648 mi	Yogyakarta	$436
1062 km or 660 mi	Tawau	$640