Hanoi vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$292	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$5544
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	71	100
😀 Quality of life	62	95
🏙️ Population	8.44M	8.8M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 85% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 7236th and 3rd ($647 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st 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 1.2 months in New York City. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 4848th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs New York City

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	Hanoi	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111