Hanoi vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hanoi	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$702	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1807	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$342	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$601	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$369	$4145
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	99
😀 Quality of life	65	98
🏙️ Population	8.72M	5.45M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 75% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7229th and 348th ($702 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and Australia, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Hanoi compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Hanoi ranked 3rd best city to live in Vietnam vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5251st and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Sydney

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	Hanoi	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.02	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.5	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.28%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3941	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2307	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.52	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.88	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.97	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.4	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.09	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.38	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12836	$21946

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$597
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$587
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$590
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$476
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$602
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$587
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$571
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$585
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$601
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$580
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$590
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$567
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$605
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$564
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$578
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$664
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$496
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1269
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1038
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1082
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$699
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$608
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$574
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$584
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$738
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$694
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1056
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$774
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$600
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$581
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$587
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$790
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$789
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$590
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$380

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864