Hanoi vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$292	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$611
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	71	16
😀 Quality of life	62	13
🏙️ Population	8.44M	344K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 4% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 7236th and 7441st ($647 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and Lesotho, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1 months in Maseru. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 4848th and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Maseru

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	Hanoi	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$1063

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628