Ho Chi Minh vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$376	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	60
😀 Quality of life	65	56
🏙️ Population	9.39M	1.42M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 45% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6739th and 8600th ($735 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Vietnam and Ukraine, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 4253rd and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Kharkiv

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	Ho Chi Minh	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$3129

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549