Ho Chi Minh vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Ho Chi Minh Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$702
$676
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1978
$1762
🏠 One person rent
$349
$326
🏘️ Family rent
$750
$708
🍽️ Food expenses
$211
$225
🚐 Transport expenses
$67.1
$52.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$457
$605
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
2 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
66
46
😀 Quality of life
66
60
🏙️ Population
10.4M
1.47M

The cost of living in Ho Chi Minh is 4% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 6786th and 6984th ($702 vs $676) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th 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 Yekaterinburg. Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st best city to live in Vietnam vs Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd in Russia, while ranked 4217th and 5379th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ho Chi Minh vs Yekaterinburg

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Ho Chi Minh Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$1.85
$7.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$22.2
$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.63
$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.07
$0.77
☕ Cappuccino
$2.02
$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.52
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$428
$356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$258
$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1064
$838
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$568
$559
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$46.7
$56.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$72.1
$86.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$11
$6.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
9.9%
13.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$4519
$1840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2063
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.28
$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$7.56
$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$5.78
$3.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.98
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.51
$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.13
$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.02
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.59
$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.7
$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.66
$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.9
$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.37
$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.08
$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.33
$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.2
$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.33
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.27
$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.33
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.87
$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.6
$5.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.93
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.23
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.05
$3.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.39
$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.22
$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.84
$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$26.5
$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.4
$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$31.9
$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.08
$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans
$36.8
$67.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$102
$80
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$306
$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$16779
$4747

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Distance City Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi Thu Dau Mot
$550
25 km or 15 mi Bien Hoa
$479
72 km or 45 mi Vung Tau
$534
96 km or 60 mi Svay Rieng
$694
113 km or 70 mi Sa Dec
$515
127 km or 79 mi Can Tho
$463
141 km or 88 mi Long Xuyen
$509
153 km or 95 mi Soc Trang
$522
162 km or 100 mi Prey Veng
$711
167 km or 104 mi Phan Thiet
$566
181 km or 112 mi Mui Ne
$553
184 km or 114 mi Kampong Cham
$555
189 km or 117 mi Rach Gia
$518
198 km or 123 mi Bac Lieu
$516
205 km or 127 mi Phnom Penh
$802
233 km or 145 mi Da Lat
$512
244 km or 151 mi Ca Mau
$520
257 km or 160 mi Buon Ma Thuot
$521
270 km or 168 mi Phan Rang-Thap Cham
$526
271 km or 168 mi Kampot
$569
300 km or 186 mi Phu Quoc
$524
309 km or 192 mi Stung Treng
$628
320 km or 199 mi Nha Trang
$554
343 km or 213 mi Sihanoukville
$755
414 km or 257 mi Siem Reap
$587
433 km or 269 mi Qui Nhon
$518
452 km or 281 mi Battambang
$539
488 km or 303 mi Ko Chang
$614
502 km or 312 mi Serei Saophoan
$579
527 km or 327 mi Ubon Ratchathani
$534
533 km or 331 mi Quang Ngai
$436
584 km or 363 mi Klaeng
$619
592 km or 368 mi Hoi An
$547
605 km or 376 mi Da Nang
$601
637 km or 396 mi Hue
$422
663 km or 412 mi Nong Prue
$653
664 km or 413 mi Chaophraya Surasak
$647
668 km or 415 mi Pattaya
$665
670 km or 416 mi Laem Chabang
$648
676 km or 420 mi Nakhon Ratchasima
$518

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$559
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$556
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$531
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$497
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$467
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$487
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$537
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$636
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$488
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$547
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$437
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$734
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$567
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$427
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$468
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$501
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$516
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$605
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$448
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$494
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$456
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$660
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$646
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$559
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$493
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$545
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$623
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$500
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$493
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$517
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$402
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$526
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$518
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$614
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$814
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$414
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$596
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$632