Ho Chi Minh vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$376	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	66	96
😀 Quality of life	65	74
🏙️ Population	9.39M	13.1M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 41% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6739th and 4359th ($735 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Vietnam and Russia, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4253rd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Moscow

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	Ho Chi Minh	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592