Hanoi vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$292	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$373
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	71	29
😀 Quality of life	62	41
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.13M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 39% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 7236th and 5045th ($647 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Vietnam and Mozambique, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 4848th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Maputo

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	Hanoi	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628