Hanoi vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$292	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$218
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	71	30
😀 Quality of life	62	14
🏙️ Population	8.44M	4.27M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 36% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7236th and 8769th ($647 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Vietnam and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 4848th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Kabul

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	Hanoi	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476