Ho Chi Minh vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$376	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	40
😀 Quality of life	65	48
🏙️ Population	9.39M	5.94M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 5% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6739th and 6559th ($735 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Vietnam and India, respectively. Check Vietnam vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 4253rd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Surat

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	Ho Chi Minh	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340