Hanoi vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanoi	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$648	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1977	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$290	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$794	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.1	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$505	$819
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	8
😀 Quality of life	63	58
🏙️ Population	8.44M	24.7K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 58% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7305th and 3466th ($648 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Vietnam vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Hanoi compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 4684th and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Victoria

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	Hanoi	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.03	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.63	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$314	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$870	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.3	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.6	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.93%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2876	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.1	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.41	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.3	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13338	$8081

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$565
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$554
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$571
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$523
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$606
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$592
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$571
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$586
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$549
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$614
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$572
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$593
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$660
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1151
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$725
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$623
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$580
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$601
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$794
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$671
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1168
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$778
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$621
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$555
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$607
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$774
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$774
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$599
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$407

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482