Cost of living comparison

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Las Cruces vs. Hanoi Cost of Living Summary

Las Cruces is 2.8 times more expensive than Hanoi.

Restaurants: pay 6.0 times more in Las Cruces
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Las Cruces
Transportation: pay 2.0 times more in Las Cruces
Housing: pay 3.9 times more in Las Cruces
Childcare: pay 22.9% more in Las Cruces
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.3 times more in Las Cruces
Clothing: pay 1.6% more in Las Cruces

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, groceries, transportation, and childcare in Las Cruces are more expensive than in Hanoi. Notably, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Las Cruces.

Las Cruces vs. Hanoi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Las Cruces instead of Hanoi, you would:

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pay 6.0 times more for restaurants

	Hanoi	Las Cruces
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.98 ₫50,312	$15.50	+683.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.75 ₫120,748	$9.00	+89.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.44 ₫11,270	$2.68	+505.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 ₫6,540	$2.10	+718.7%
Average			+499.4%

Hanoi vs. Las Cruces - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Hanoi	Las Cruces
Bread 1 loaf	$1.03 ₫26,155	$3.61	+251.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.00 ₫127,250	$6.89	+37.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ₫134,811	$3.06	-42.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.59 ₫40,341	$2.79	+75.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.59 ₫40,541	$6.18	+287.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.72 ₫43,756	$2.10	+22.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫11,762	$0.63	+35.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.76 ₫19,415	$2.03	+166.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.49 ₫12,384	$1.18	+141.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫11,586	$0.90	+96.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.54 ₫13,693	$1.05	+95.1%
Average			+106.0%

Hanoi vs. Las Cruces - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.0 times more for transportation

	Hanoi	Las Cruces
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.47 ₫88,214	$3.02	-13.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.91 ₫201,246	$32.00	+304.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$39,554.95 ₫1,006,231,469	$29,000.00	-26.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.38 ₫136,847	$12.85	+138.9%
Average			+100.9%

Hanoi vs. Las Cruces - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.9 times more for housing

	Hanoi	Las Cruces
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.00 ₫229,050	$70.00	+677.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$338.66 ₫8,615,171	$980.00	+189.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$239.31 ₫6,087,700	$775.00	+223.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.28 ₫1,482,526	$98.14	+68.4%
Average			+289.8%

Hanoi vs. Las Cruces - Cost of housing

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pay 22.9% more for childcare

	Hanoi	Las Cruces
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$243.92 ₫6,205,094	$450.00	+84.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,260.72 ₫311,898,214	$7,500.00	-38.8%
Average			+22.9%

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pay 3.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Hanoi	Las Cruces
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.99 ₫25,156	$4.00	+304.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.83 ₫46,635	$4.60	+150.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.38 ₫35,218	$8.29	+498.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$26.31 ₫669,224	$39.00	+48.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.15 ₫105,654	$10.00	+140.8%
Average			+228.6%

Hanoi vs. Las Cruces - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 1.6% more for clothing

	Hanoi	Las Cruces
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$36.72 ₫934,146	$36.25	-1.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$26.37 ₫670,821	$30.00	+13.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.93 ₫2,364,049	$73.00	-21.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$86.41 ₫2,198,229	$99.67	+15.3%
Average			+1.6%

Hanoi vs. Las Cruces - Cost of clothing

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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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