Hanoi vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hanoi	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$702	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1807	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$342	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$601	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$369	$912
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	8
😀 Quality of life	65	48
🏙️ Population	8.72M	24.7K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 57% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7229th and 3471st ($702 vs $1646) 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 0.5 months in Hanoi compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Hanoi ranked 3rd best city to live in Vietnam vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5251st and 6854th 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	$2.02	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.5	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.3	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.28%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3941	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2307	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.52	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.88	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.97	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.4	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.77	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.09	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.2	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.96	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.38	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.8	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12836	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419