Frankfurt vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$439
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	71
😀 Quality of life	94	62
🏙️ Population	776K	8.44M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 208% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 1863rd and 7236th ($1989 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Germany and Vietnam, respectively. Check Germany vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 47th and 4848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Hanoi

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	Frankfurt	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$12394

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595

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