Ho Chi Minh vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ho Chi Minh	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$735	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2016	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$376	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$487	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	66	62
😀 Quality of life	65	49
🏙️ Population	9.39M	9.08M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 52% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6739th and 8735th ($735 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 524th in Vietnam and China, respectively. Check Vietnam vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh compared to 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 4253rd and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Xuzhou

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	Ho Chi Minh	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.17	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.4	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.72	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$634	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.2	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.54	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4334	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2039	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.97	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.82	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.3	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.78	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.12	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.89	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.32	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.2	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14143	$22170

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746