Ho Chi Minh vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$376	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	43
😀 Quality of life	65	64
🏙️ Population	9.39M	1.08M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 5% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 6739th and 6565th ($735 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Vietnam and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Kazakhstan 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 Nur-Sultan. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 4253rd and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Nur-Sultan

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	Ho Chi Minh	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512