Hanoi vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanoi	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$340	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.3	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$928
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	48
😀 Quality of life	67	63
🏙️ Population	8.72M	1.2M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 34% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7314th and 5192nd ($694 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th 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 6th in Russia, while ranked 4766th and 5476th 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	$2.09	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.49	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$687	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$478	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.7	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.6	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.9	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.96%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4545	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2658	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.74	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.37	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.37	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.01	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.83	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.2	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.98	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.1	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14773	$5021

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$594
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$586
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$582
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$467
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$599
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$583
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$564
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$579
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$593
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$574
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$592
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$602
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$617
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$580
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$589
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$495
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$968
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1033
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$714
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$620
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$577
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$593
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$751
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$711
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$968
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$782
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$607
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$564
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$601
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$802
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$797
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$591
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$375

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873