Ho Chi Minh vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$376	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	71
😀 Quality of life	65	64
🏙️ Population	9.39M	2.95M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 14% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 6739th and 6262nd ($735 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.7 months in Kyiv. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 4253rd and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Kyiv

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	Ho Chi Minh	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$7184

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570