El Paso vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	El Paso	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$702
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4149	$1807
🏠 One person rent	$1019	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$1739	$601
🍽️ Food expenses	$595	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$63
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3236	$369
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	34	72
😀 Quality of life	85	65
🏙️ Population	679K	8.72M

The cost of living in El Paso is 160% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 2753rd and 7229th ($1828 vs $702) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1911th and 2nd in the United States and Vietnam, respectively. Check the United States vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 0.5 months in Hanoi. El Paso ranked 154th best city to live in the United States vs Hanoi ranked 3rd in Vietnam, while ranked 472nd and 5251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Hanoi

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	El Paso	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.6	$30.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$817	$268
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$674
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1466	$484
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$45.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$69.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.5	$9.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	8.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1787	$3941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$2307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.49	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.9	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$0.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.18	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$3.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$3.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$4.38
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$85.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$571	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6914	$12836

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1876
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1928
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1924
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1008
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2026
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1055
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2231
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$953
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2045
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1930
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2110
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1724
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$776
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2190
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2220
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1934
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2140
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2444
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2023
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2418
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2381
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2396
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$597
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$587
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$590
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$476
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$602
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$587
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$571
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$585
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$601
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$580
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$590
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$567
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$605
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$564
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$578
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$664
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$496
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1269
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1038
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1082
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$699
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$608
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$574
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$584
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$738
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$694
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1056
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$774
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$600
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$581
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$587
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$790
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$789
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$590
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$380