Gold Coast vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$702
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$1807
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$601
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$63
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$369
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	49	72
😀 Quality of life	92	65
🏙️ Population	608K	8.72M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 260% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 839th and 7229th ($2528 vs $702) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Australia and Vietnam, respectively. Check Australia vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.5 months in Hanoi. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Hanoi ranked 3rd in Vietnam, while ranked 124th and 5251st 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	$19.7	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$30.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$268
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$674
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$484
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$45.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$69.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$9.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	8.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$3941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$2307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$0.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$3.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$4.38
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$85.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$12836

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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