Hanoi vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$4579
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	54
😀 Quality of life	62	86
🏙️ Population	8.44M	525K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 77% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 7236th and 313th ($647 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 277th in Vietnam and the United States, respectively. Check Vietnam vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 4848th and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Sacramento

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	Hanoi	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045