Ho Chi Minh vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$376	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	46
😀 Quality of life	65	55
🏙️ Population	9.39M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 2% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6739th and 6811th ($735 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 4253rd and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Ho Chi Minh	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557