Hanover vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$1845
🏠 One person rent	$891	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$684
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$336
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	82	66
😀 Quality of life	93	66
🏙️ Population	548K	9.39M

The cost of living in Hanover is 149% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 2626th and 6928th ($1828 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th 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 0.5 months in Ho Chi Minh. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 112th and 4947th 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	$17.4	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$921
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$508
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$83.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$9.41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	9.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$3891
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$5.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$1.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$0.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$23.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$44.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$94.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$13093

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

Cities near Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$519
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$410
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$493
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$686
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$502
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$439
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$498
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$507
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$727
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$482
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$491
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$504
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$515
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$494
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$829
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$572
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$507
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$516
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$523
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$622
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$511
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$635
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$508
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$650
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$501
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$571
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$708
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$623
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$558
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$403
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$718
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$601
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$615
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$372
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$787
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$770
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$812
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588