Hanoi vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1170
🏠 One person rent	$292	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$34.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$261
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	71	69
😀 Quality of life	62	49
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.01M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 46% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 7236th and 8870th ($647 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Vietnam and Pakistan, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 4848th and 6313th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Islamabad

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	Hanoi	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$17.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$94.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$69.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	20.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$1142
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$682
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$6.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$2.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$1.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$19.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$64.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$2961

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369