Ho Chi Minh vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$376	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$2831
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	66	87
😀 Quality of life	65	90
🏙️ Population	9.39M	518K

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 58% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 6739th and 2490th ($735 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 147th in Vietnam and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Vietnam vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 4253rd and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ho Chi Minh vs Sheffield infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ho-chi-minh/sheffield.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ho Chi Minh vs Sheffield infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ho-chi-minh/sheffield" target="_blank">Ho Chi Minh vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Sheffield

Prices for goods and services in Ho Chi Minh and Sheffield are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ho Chi Minh	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$9487

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750