Hanoi vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1849
🏠 One person rent	$292	$320
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$659
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$311
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	71	17
😀 Quality of life	62	18
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.16M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 8% less expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 7236th and 6885th ($647 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Vietnam and Myanmar, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.4 months in Naypyidaw. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Naypyidaw ranked 4th in Myanmar, while ranked 4848th and 8943rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hanoi vs Naypyidaw infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/hanoi/naypyidaw.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hanoi vs Naypyidaw infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hanoi/naypyidaw" target="_blank">Hanoi vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hanoi vs Naypyidaw

Prices for goods and services in Hanoi and Naypyidaw are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Hanoi	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$580
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$169
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$44.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	8.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$1289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$885
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$9.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$4.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$1.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$65.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$3.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$13.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$75.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$8308

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$660
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$710
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$633
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$650
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$661
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$705
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$678
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$610
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$778
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$351
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$604
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$478
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$625
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$378
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$628
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$683
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$632
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$367
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$287
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1163
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$305
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$309
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$295
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$430
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$543
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$303
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$606
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$408
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$568