Hanoi vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanoi	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$340	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.3	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$4372
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	94
😀 Quality of life	67	78
🏙️ Population	8.72M	467K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 74% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 7314th and 604th ($694 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 532nd 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 279th in the United States, while ranked 4766th and 958th 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	$2.09	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.49	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$687	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$478	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.7	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.6	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.9	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.96%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4545	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2658	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.74	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.37	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.37	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.01	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.3	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.83	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.2	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.98	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.1	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14773	$19617

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$594
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$586
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$582
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$467
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$599
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$583
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$564
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$579
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$593
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$574
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$592
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$602
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$617
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$580
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$589
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$495
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$968
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1033
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$714
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$620
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$577
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$593
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$751
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$711
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$968
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$782
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$607
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$564
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$601
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$802
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$797
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$591
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$375

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164