Hanoi vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$824
🏠 One person rent	$292	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	71	48
😀 Quality of life	62	40
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.97M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 87% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7236th and 9093rd ($647 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 20th in Vietnam and Pakistan, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 4848th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Peshawar

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	Hanoi	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596