Hanoi vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$4536
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	94
😀 Quality of life	62	76
🏙️ Population	8.44M	467K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 77% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 7236th and 379th ($647 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 339th 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 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 4848th and 949th 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	$1.94	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$27134

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683