Gold Coast vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gold Coast	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2530	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5679	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$1644	$340
🏘️ Family rent	$2706	$602
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$212
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4225	$505
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	49	72
😀 Quality of life	93	67
🏙️ Population	608K	8.72M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 265% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 852nd and 7314th ($2530 vs $694) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Australia and Vietnam, respectively. Check Australia vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Gold Coast ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 68th and 4766th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Hanoi

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	Gold Coast	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.74	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2097	$384
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$260
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2832	$687
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$46.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$8.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	7.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8667	$4545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5294	$2658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$5.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.69	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.53	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$13.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$1.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.29	$1.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$3.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$26.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$3.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$43.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.8	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$82.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2112	$341
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9318	$14773

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$594
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$586
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$582
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$467
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$599
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$583
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$564
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$579
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$593
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$574
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$592
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$602
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$617
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$580
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$589
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$495
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$968
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1033
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$714
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$620
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$577
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$593
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$751
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$711
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$968
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$782
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$607
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$564
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$601
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$802
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$797
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$591
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$375