Douala vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$676	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$487
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	21	66
😀 Quality of life	34	65
🏙️ Population	2.77M	9.39M

The cost of living in Douala is 72% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 4304th and 6739th ($1265 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Cameroon and Vietnam, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 7681st and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Douala	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$14143

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$601
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$764
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$741
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$555
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$384
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$747
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$553
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1121
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$621
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$883
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1611
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$462
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$805
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$972
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$668
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$881
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$558
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$900
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$900
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$651
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1502
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$634
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$820
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$482
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$779
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$759
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$695
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$743
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$556
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$776
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1113
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$535
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$371
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$677
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030

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