Hanoi vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanoi	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$648	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$290	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$4933
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	94
😀 Quality of life	63	77
🏙️ Population	8.44M	467K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 76% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 7305th and 464th ($648 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 406th 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 0.8 months in Hanoi compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 4684th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Long Beach

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	Hanoi	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.03	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.63	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.93%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2876	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.1	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13338	$21877

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614