Hanoi vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$4114
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	81
😀 Quality of life	62	91
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.43M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 68% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 7236th and 1745th ($647 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1531st 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 2 months in San Antonio. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 4848th and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs San Antonio

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	Hanoi	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133