Hanoi vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$292	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$262
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	53
😀 Quality of life	62	44
🏙️ Population	8.44M	2.11M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 34% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 7236th and 8745th ($647 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 47th in Vietnam and Indonesia, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 4848th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Medan

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	Hanoi	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501