Hanoi vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanoi	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$648	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$1942
🏠 One person rent	$290	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$656
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	71	27
😀 Quality of life	63	62
🏙️ Population	8.44M	149K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 22% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 7305th and 6351st ($648 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and Mauritius, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Hanoi compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 4684th and 4805th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Port Louis

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	Hanoi	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.03	$5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.63	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$45
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.93%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2876	$1168
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.1	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$6.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13338	$3888

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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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$767
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$804
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$701
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$777
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1441
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1481
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$457
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$403
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1093
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1552
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1091
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1394
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1500
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1190
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$670
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$500
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$498
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$591
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$516
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$515
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$736