Cost of living comparison

 Alaska, USA
compared to
 Vietnam
Vietnam vs. Alaska Cost of Living Summary
Vietnam vs. Alaska Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Vietnam instead of Alaska, you would:

pay 80.5% less for restaurants

 
Alaska
Vietnam
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $26.50
 
$1.92
₫48,844
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$12.71
 
$4.34
₫110,414
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.60
 
$0.54
₫13,700

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pay 58.1% less for groceries

 
Alaska
Vietnam
Bread
1 loaf
$4.74
 
$0.90
₫22,956
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.90
 
$6.05
₫154,005
Milk (1 gallon) $4.55
 
$5.46
₫138,928

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pay 35.3% less for transportation

 
Alaska
Vietnam
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.22
 
$3.47
₫88,208
Monthly public transit pass $51.67
 
$7.11
₫180,816
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $27,113.17
 
$35,423.92
₫901,142,834

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pay 83.2% less for housing

 
Alaska
Vietnam
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$122.81
 
$8.68
₫220,892
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,483.44
 
$297.09
₫7,557,598
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,298.81
 
$207.27
₫5,272,689

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pay 28.8% less for childcare

 
Alaska
Vietnam
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $943.88
 
$205.27
₫5,221,731
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $10,350.00
 
$12,496.31
₫317,891,392

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pay 79.7% less for entertainment and sports

 
Alaska
Vietnam
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $7.04
 
$0.88
₫22,294
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.94
 
$1.58
₫40,201
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$12.02
 
$1.27
₫32,199

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pay 36.8% less for clothing

 
Alaska
Vietnam
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$54.68
 
$28.00
₫712,213
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$48.00
 
$22.19
₫564,582
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$87.93
 
$79.50
₫2,022,266

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025
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