Hanoi vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2054
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$4880
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$3539
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	82
😀 Quality of life	62	88
🏙️ Population	8.44M	577K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 69% less expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 7236th and 1702nd ($647 vs $2054) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1506th in Vietnam and the United States, respectively. Check Vietnam vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.7 months in Milwaukee. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Milwaukee ranked 55th in the United States, while ranked 4848th and 240th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Milwaukee

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	Hanoi	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$54
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$2332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$1890
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$4.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$3.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1813
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$24191

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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 Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378