Hanoi vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$3560
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	71	90
😀 Quality of life	62	93
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.51M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 71% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7236th and 1352nd ($647 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and Germany, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 4848th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Munich

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	Hanoi	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560