Hanoi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$292	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$1263
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	7
😀 Quality of life	62	62
🏙️ Population	8.44M	133K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 50% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7236th and 4205th ($647 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Vietnam and Maldives, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1 months in Male. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 4848th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Male

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	Hanoi	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360