Glasgow vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$702
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1807
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$601
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$63
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$369
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	72
😀 Quality of life	94	65
🏙️ Population	626K	8.72M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 202% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 1712th and 7229th ($2121 vs $702) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Vietnam, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.5 months in Hanoi. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hanoi ranked 3rd in Vietnam, while ranked 42nd and 5251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Hanoi

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	Glasgow	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$30.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$268
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$674
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$484
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$45.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$69.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$9.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	8.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$3941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$2307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$3.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$4.38
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$85.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$12836

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

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