Hanoi vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$547
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$1353
🏠 One person rent	$292	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$438
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$414
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	17
😀 Quality of life	62	51
🏙️ Population	8.44M	317K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 18% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 7236th and 8259th ($647 vs $547) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Papua New Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.8 months in Port Moresby. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 4848th and 6197th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Port Moresby

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	Hanoi	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$3.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$21.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$230
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$159
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$25.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	11.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$1442
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$928
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$7.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$3.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$4.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$3751

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$531
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1335
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$420
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1667
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1411
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1401
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$500
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1617
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$505
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2067
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$507
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$1946
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$502
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1192
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1192
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$511
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$501
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1185
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$669
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$503
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1938
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$442
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1604
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1604
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1652
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681