Hamburg City vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamburg City	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2007	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4961	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$2044	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3346	$487
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	84	66
😀 Quality of life	94	65
🏙️ Population	1.91M	9.39M

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 173% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 1818th and 6739th ($2007 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Germany and Vietnam, respectively. Check Germany vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 40th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Hamburg City	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.9	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.27	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.08	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$755	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2236	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1550	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$318	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8190	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5824	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.69	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.1	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.38	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.12	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.28	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.67	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.11	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$233	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24460	$14143

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321

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