Hanoi vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanoi	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$648	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$290	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$1695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	72
😀 Quality of life	63	58
🏙️ Population	8.44M	4.43M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 40% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 7305th and 5069th ($648 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Vietnam and South Africa, respectively. Check Vietnam vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Hanoi compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 4684th and 5446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Johannesburg

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	Hanoi	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.03	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.63	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.93%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2876	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.1	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13338	$5865

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$565
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$554
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$571
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$523
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$606
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$592
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$571
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$586
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$549
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$614
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$572
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$593
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$660
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1151
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$725
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$623
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$580
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$601
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$794
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$671
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1168
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$778
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$621
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$555
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$607
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$774
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$774
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$599
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$407

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045