Hanoi vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanoi	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$340	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.3	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$792
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	72	45
😀 Quality of life	67	69
🏙️ Population	8.72M	1.08M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 16% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7314th and 6663rd ($694 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Vietnam and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4766th and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Nur-Sultan

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	Hanoi	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.49	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$687	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$478	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.7	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.6	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.9	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.96%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4545	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2658	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.74	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.37	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.37	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.01	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.3	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.83	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.2	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.98	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.1	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14773	$6976

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553