Hanoi vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$3115
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	71	50
😀 Quality of life	62	90
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.02M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 69% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 7236th and 1701st ($647 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 25th in Vietnam and Canada, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 4848th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Ottawa

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	Hanoi	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800