Hanoi vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$292	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$5531
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	71	87
😀 Quality of life	62	91
🏙️ Population	8.44M	1.39M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 81% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 7236th and 36th ($647 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd 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 San Diego. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 4848th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs San Diego

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	Hanoi	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$28706

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759