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Hanoi vs. Manado Cost of Living Summary

Hanoi is 40.7% more expensive than Manado.

Restaurants: pay 50.8% more in Hanoi
Groceries: pay 1.1% more in Hanoi
Transportation: pay 49.2% more in Hanoi
Housing: pay 95.6% more in Hanoi
Childcare: pay 99.5% more in Hanoi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.4% less in Hanoi
Clothing: pay 7.6% less in Hanoi

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

Hanoi vs. Manado Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Hanoi instead of Manado, you would:

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pay 50.8% more for restaurants

	Manado	Hanoi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$0.96 IDR15,497.50	$1.98 ₫50,312	+106.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$3.03 IDR49,075.41	$4.75 ₫120,748	+56.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 IDR5,165.83	$0.44 ₫11,270	+38.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.26 IDR4,132.67	$0.26 ₫6,540	+0.8%
Average			+50.8%

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pay 1.1% more for groceries

	Manado	Hanoi
Bread 1 loaf	$1.06 IDR17,219.44	$1.03 ₫26,155	-3.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.59 IDR58,115.62	$5.00 ₫127,250	+39.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.83 IDR78,219.23	$5.30 ₫134,811	+9.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 IDR27,275.60	$1.59 ₫40,341	-5.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.45 IDR23,431.85	$1.59 ₫40,541	+10.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.16 IDR18,745.48	$1.72 ₫43,756	+48.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.77 IDR12,496.99	$0.46 ₫11,762	-40.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.75 IDR12,184.56	$0.76 ₫19,415	+1.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.51 IDR8,279.25	$0.49 ₫12,384	-4.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.42 IDR6,795.24	$0.46 ₫11,586	+8.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.11 IDR18,042.52	$0.54 ₫13,693	-51.7%
Average			+1.1%

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pay 49.2% more for transportation

	Manado	Hanoi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.12 IDR50,555.04	$3.47 ₫88,214	+11.1%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$7.91 ₫201,246
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$39,554.95 ₫1,006,231,469
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.87 IDR46,492.49	$5.38 ₫136,847	+87.4%
Average			+49.2%

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pay 95.6% more for housing

	Manado	Hanoi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.65 IDR123,979.98	$9.00 ₫229,050	+17.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$340.13 IDR5,510,221.30	$338.66 ₫8,615,171	-0.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$89.28 IDR1,446,433.09	$239.31 ₫6,087,700	+168.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.61 IDR317,673.37	$58.28 ₫1,482,526	+197.2%
Average			+95.6%

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pay 99.5% more for childcare

	Manado	Hanoi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$143.49 IDR2,324,624.61	$243.92 ₫6,205,094	+70.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,357.03 IDR86,785,985.52	$12,260.72 ₫311,898,214	+128.9%
Average			+99.5%

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pay 3.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Manado	Hanoi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.83 IDR61,989.99	$0.99 ₫25,156	-74.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.75 IDR28,412.08	$1.83 ₫46,635	+4.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.23 IDR36,160.83	$1.38 ₫35,218	-38.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$19.13 IDR309,949.95	$26.31 ₫669,224	+37.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.71 IDR43,909.58	$4.15 ₫105,654	+53.2%
Average			-3.4%

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pay 7.6% less for clothing

	Manado	Hanoi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$63.77 IDR1,033,166.49	$36.72 ₫934,146	-42.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$25.51 IDR413,266.60	$26.37 ₫670,821	+3.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.26 IDR1,575,578.90	$92.93 ₫2,364,049	-4.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$76.53 IDR1,239,799.79	$86.41 ₫2,198,229	+12.9%
Average			-7.6%

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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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