Hanoi vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$2488
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1579
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$2615
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$3246
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	78
😀 Quality of life	62	92
🏙️ Population	8.44M	662K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 74% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 7236th and 819th ($647 vs $2488) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Vietnam and Canada, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 4848th and 86th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Vancouver

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	Hanoi	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1747
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$3049
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$2320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$55.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$6774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$3.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$17240

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759