Hanoi vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanoi	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$648	$2236
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$4945
🏠 One person rent	$290	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$2038
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$603
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$3150
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	71	50
😀 Quality of life	63	89
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.02M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 71% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 7305th and 1290th ($648 vs $2236) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 23rd in Vietnam and Canada, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Hanoi compared to 1.4 months in Ottawa. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Ottawa ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 4684th and 167th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hanoi vs Ottawa infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/hanoi/ottawa.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hanoi vs Ottawa infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hanoi/ottawa" target="_blank">Hanoi vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hanoi vs Ottawa

Prices for goods and services in Hanoi and Ottawa are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Hanoi	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.03	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$74.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.63	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$5.89
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$1288
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$1129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$2131
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1732
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$173
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$53.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.93%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2876	$5242
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$4784
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.1	$94.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$4.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$44.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$1037
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13338	$20100

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$565
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$554
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$571
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$523
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$606
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$592
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$571
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$586
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$549
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$614
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$572
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$593
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$660
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1151
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$725
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$623
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$580
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$601
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$794
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$671
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1168
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$778
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$621
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$555
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$607
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$774
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$774
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$599
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$407

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1542
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2336
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1677
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$2004
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1828
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1897
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1799
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1791
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1912
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1996
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1686
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1861
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1954
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1821
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1927
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1896
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2057
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1878
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1823
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1845
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884