Hanover vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$892	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$487
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	82	66
😀 Quality of life	91	65
🏙️ Population	548K	9.39M

The cost of living in Hanover is 135% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 2608th and 6739th ($1726 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Germany and Vietnam, respectively. Check Germany vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 93rd and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Hanover	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$14143

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421

Cities near Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588