Hanoi vs Honolulu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hanoi	Honolulu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$702	$3241
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1807	$7578
🏠 One person rent	$342	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$601	$3537
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$870
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$369	$4156
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	58
😀 Quality of life	65	85
🏙️ Population	8.72M	351K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 78% less expensive than in Honolulu. Cities ranked 7229th and 117th ($702 vs $3241) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 83rd in Vietnam and the United States, respectively. Check Vietnam vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Hanoi compared to 1.3 months in Honolulu. Hanoi ranked 3rd best city to live in Vietnam vs Honolulu ranked 139th in the United States, while ranked 5251st and 438th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Honolulu

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	Hanoi	Honolulu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.02	$21.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$105
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$7.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$4.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$2262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$1695
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$4086
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$3027
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.5	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.28%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3941	$8726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2307	$7721
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$3.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$86.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.52	$24.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.88	$5.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$6.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$7.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$6.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$4.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$6.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$2.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.97	$4.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$17.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$4.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.4	$12.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.09	$8.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$7.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$3.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$19.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.38	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$61.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.8	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$1887
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12836	$23744

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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

Cities near Honolulu

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	East Honolulu	$2925
16 km or 10 mi	Pearl	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Waipahu	$2700
24 km or 15 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2643
152 km or 94 mi	Kahului	$3147
191 km or 118 mi	Kauai	$2821
267 km or 166 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3544
339 km or 211 mi	Hilo	$2467
2149 km or 1335 mi	London	$539
3662 km or 2275 mi	Djarrit	$1510
3674 km or 2283 mi	Majuro	$1507
3836 km or 2383 mi	Eureka	$2088
3840 km or 2386 mi	Ukiah	$2588
3843 km or 2388 mi	Pacifica	$3255
3847 km or 2390 mi	Daly	$3252
3848 km or 2391 mi	San Bruno	$3264
3849 km or 2392 mi	South San Francisco	$3245
3849 km or 2392 mi	Millbrae	$3282
3850 km or 2392 mi	Windsor	$2840
3852 km or 2393 mi	Rohnert Park	$2948
3852 km or 2393 mi	San Rafael	$4102
3852 km or 2394 mi	Burlingame	$3346
3853 km or 2394 mi	Petaluma	$3309
3853 km or 2394 mi	Novato	$3182
3854 km or 2395 mi	San Francisco	$4040
3855 km or 2395 mi	Santa Rosa	$2802
3855 km or 2396 mi	San Mateo	$3831
3856 km or 2396 mi	Belmont	$3593
3858 km or 2397 mi	San Carlos	$3359
3859 km or 2398 mi	South Tarawa	$538
3859 km or 2398 mi	Foster	$3604
3859 km or 2398 mi	Redwood	$3771
3860 km or 2398 mi	Monterey	$2873
3860 km or 2399 mi	Santa Cruz	$3489
3863 km or 2400 mi	Menlo Park	$3395
3864 km or 2401 mi	Seaside	$1923
3866 km or 2402 mi	Richmond	$3083
3866 km or 2402 mi	Palo Alto	$3805
3867 km or 2403 mi	San Pablo	$3058
3867 km or 2403 mi	Los Altos	$3254