Hanoi vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$3059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$6994
🏠 One person rent	$292	$2104
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$3885
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$4040
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	71	89
😀 Quality of life	62	97
🏙️ Population	8.44M	5.87M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 79% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 7236th and 129th ($647 vs $3059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and Singapore, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.3 months in Singapore City. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 4848th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Singapore City

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	Hanoi	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$9.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$7.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$2532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1834
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$5168
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$3336
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$149
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$33.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$22055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$7662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$82.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$2.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$3.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$24.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$4.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$107
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$74
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$27780

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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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$539
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$679
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$682
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$669
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$604
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$529
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$532
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$645
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$458
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$670
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$565
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$883
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$628
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$395
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$695
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$417
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$430
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$500
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$619
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$620
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$605