Hanoi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$292	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$647
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	71	46
😀 Quality of life	62	55
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.2M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 10% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7236th and 6811th ($647 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th in Vietnam and Russia, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 4848th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Hanoi	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557