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San Miguel de Allende vs. Hanoi Cost of Living Summary

San Miguel de Allende is 66.0% more expensive than Hanoi.

Restaurants: pay 3.0 times more in San Miguel de Allende
Groceries: pay 46.4% more in San Miguel de Allende
Transportation: pay 21.7% less in San Miguel de Allende
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in San Miguel de Allende
Childcare: pay 16.9% less in San Miguel de Allende
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.0 times more in San Miguel de Allende
Clothing: pay 28.7% more in San Miguel de Allende

The cost of restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, groceries, and clothing in San Miguel de Allende are more expensive than in Hanoi. Expenses including transportation and childcare are lower in San Miguel de Allende. Notably, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in San Miguel de Allende.

San Miguel de Allende vs. Hanoi Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Miguel de Allende instead of Hanoi, you would:

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pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

	Hanoi	San Miguel de Allende
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$1.98 ₫50,344	$9.93 MX$201.81	+402.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.75 ₫120,825	$6.70 MX$136.22	+41.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.44 ₫11,277	$1.08 MX$21.94	+143.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 ₫6,545	$0.77 MX$15.71	+200.5%
Average			+196.8%

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pay 46.4% more for groceries

	Hanoi	San Miguel de Allende
Bread 1 loaf	$1.03 ₫26,172	$2.45 MX$49.84	+138.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.00 ₫127,331	$4.31 MX$87.62	-13.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.30 ₫134,897	$5.41 MX$110.04	+2.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.59 ₫40,366	$2.18 MX$44.36	+37.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.59 ₫40,567	$3.57 MX$72.58	+124.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.72 ₫43,784	$1.22 MX$24.83	-29.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫11,769	$0.62 MX$12.70	+35.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.76 ₫19,428	$0.80 MX$16.24	+4.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.49 ₫12,392	$0.83 MX$16.82	+70.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 ₫11,593	$0.85 MX$17.30	+86.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.54 ₫13,701	$0.83 MX$16.82	+53.8%
Average			+46.4%

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pay 21.7% less for transportation

	Hanoi	San Miguel de Allende
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.47 ₫88,270	$4.51 MX$91.61	+30.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.91 ₫201,374	$5.96 MX$121.09	-24.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$39,554.95 ₫1,006,871,696	$17,125.82 MX$348,119.90	-56.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.38 ₫136,935	$3.47 MX$70.63	-35.4%
Average			-21.7%

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Hanoi	San Miguel de Allende
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.00 ₫229,196	$24.38 MX$495.56	+170.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$338.66 ₫8,620,653	$992.80 MX$20,180.86	+193.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$239.31 ₫6,091,574	$704.89 MX$14,328.41	+194.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$58.28 ₫1,483,470	$30.31 MX$616.14	-48.0%
Average			+127.7%

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pay 16.9% less for childcare

	Hanoi	San Miguel de Allende
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$243.92 ₫6,209,042	$322.66 MX$6,558.78	+32.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$12,260.72 ₫312,096,663	$4,169.76 MX$84,759.63	-66.0%
Average			-16.9%

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pay 2.0 times more for entertainment and sports

	Hanoi	San Miguel de Allende
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.99 ₫25,172	$2.48 MX$50.45	+151.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.83 ₫46,665	$3.01 MX$61.11	+64.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.38 ₫35,241	$3.92 MX$79.71	+183.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$26.31 ₫669,650	$49.02 MX$996.43	+86.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.15 ₫105,722	$4.96 MX$100.90	+19.5%
Average			+100.8%

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pay 28.7% more for clothing

	Hanoi	San Miguel de Allende
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$36.72 ₫934,740	$56.36 MX$1,145.62	+53.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$26.37 ₫671,248	$41.06 MX$834.62	+55.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$92.93 ₫2,365,553	$91.99 MX$1,869.95	-1.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$86.41 ₫2,199,627	$91.93 MX$1,868.67	+6.4%
Average			+28.7%

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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: December 2024

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