Hanoi vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$2561
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	71	78
😀 Quality of life	62	85
🏙️ Population	8.44M	936K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 69% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 7236th and 1551st ($647 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Vietnam and Israel, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 4848th and 374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Jerusalem

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	Hanoi	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$17799

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511