Hanoi vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$4240
🏠 One person rent	$292	$1109
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$2916
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	71	17
😀 Quality of life	62	85
🏙️ Population	8.44M	216K

The cost of living in Hanoi is 65% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 7236th and 2289th ($647 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Vietnam and New Zealand, respectively. Check Vietnam vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 1.6 months in Wellington. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 4848th and 356th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Wellington

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	Hanoi	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$67.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$9.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$1097
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$938
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1752
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$88.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$51
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	6.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$6922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$5940
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$99.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$6.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$9.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$3.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$23.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$68.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$11415

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1607
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1253
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1475
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1457
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1144
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1433
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1847
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1418
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1182
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1506
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1652
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1717
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1736
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1709
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1968
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1746
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1435
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1213
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1921
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1242
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1416
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2099
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2539
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2252
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1652
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1824
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1584
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2106
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1604