Hanoi vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanoi	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$340	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$602	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.3	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$3694
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	99
😀 Quality of life	67	94
🏙️ Population	8.72M	2.1M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 72% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7314th and 964th ($694 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Vietnam and France, respectively. Check Vietnam vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4766th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Paris

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	Hanoi	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.09	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.1	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.49	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$260	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$687	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$478	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.7	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.6	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.9	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.96%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4545	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2658	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.74	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.37	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.46	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.4	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.37	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.01	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.14	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.3	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.83	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.2	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.98	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.1	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$341	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14773	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506