Hanoi vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$4538
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	71	78
😀 Quality of life	62	88
🏙️ Population	8.44M	689K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 74% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7236th and 790th ($647 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 733rd 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 1.8 months in Nashville. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 4848th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Nashville

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	Hanoi	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$30520

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494