Hanoi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanoi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$648	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$290	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$1018
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	7
😀 Quality of life	63	61
🏙️ Population	8.44M	133K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 50% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7305th and 4342nd ($648 vs $1295) 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 0.8 months in Hanoi compared to 0.8 months in Male. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 4684th and 5145th 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	$2.03	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.63	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.93%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2876	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.1	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13338	$3225

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352