El Paso vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$980	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$439
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	71
😀 Quality of life	79	62
🏙️ Population	679K	8.44M

The cost of living in El Paso is 180% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 2363rd and 7236th ($1813 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st 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 0.7 months in Hanoi. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 633rd and 4848th 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	$18.9	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$12394

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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