Essen vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Essen	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1443	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3513	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$690	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1216	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2980	$487
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	96	66
😀 Quality of life	94	65
🏙️ Population	587K	9.39M

The cost of living in Essen is 96% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 3685th and 6739th ($1443 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 413th and 1st in Germany and Vietnam, respectively. Check Germany vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Essen compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Essen ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 33rd and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Essen vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Essen	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.2	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.01	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$444	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1177	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$833	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.97%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4052	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3401	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.43	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.76	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.2	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.99	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.46	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.42	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.3	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.2	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8902	$14143

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Cities near Essen

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Gelsenkirchen	$1418
9.6 km or 6 mi	Mulheim	$1434
10 km or 6.3 mi	Bottrop	$1367
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oberhausen	$1485
12 km or 7.8 mi	Velbert	$1428
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hattingen	$1444
14 km or 8.4 mi	Gladbeck	$1422
14 km or 8.8 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1444
15 km or 9 mi	Bochum	$1486
18 km or 11 mi	Herne	$1559
18 km or 11 mi	Duisburg	$1314
19 km or 12 mi	Herten	$1438
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1433
19 km or 12 mi	Sprockhovel	$1431
20 km or 13 mi	Ratingen	$1497
22 km or 14 mi	Witten	$1489
23 km or 14 mi	Recklinghausen	$1407
23 km or 14 mi	Mettmann	$1479
23 km or 14 mi	Dinslaken	$1430
24 km or 15 mi	Dorsten	$1430
24 km or 15 mi	Castrop-Rauxel	$1464
24 km or 15 mi	Wuppertal	$1233
25 km or 16 mi	Marl	$1435
26 km or 16 mi	Erkrath	$1516
27 km or 17 mi	Schwelm	$1404
27 km or 17 mi	Oer-Erkenschwick	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1439
27 km or 17 mi	Wetter	$1451
28 km or 17 mi	Gevelsberg	$1435
28 km or 18 mi	Voerde	$1434
28 km or 18 mi	Ennepetal	$1431
29 km or 18 mi	Haan	$1517
30 km or 18 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772
30 km or 18 mi	Herdecke	$1455
30 km or 19 mi	Rheinberg	$1435
31 km or 20 mi	Hilden	$1522
32 km or 20 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1445
32 km or 20 mi	Waltrop	$1459
32 km or 20 mi	Solingen	$1580
32 km or 20 mi	Datteln	$1448

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