Cost of living comparison

 Rome, Italy
compared to
 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City vs. Rome Cost of Living Summary
Ho Chi Minh City vs. Rome Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Ho Chi Minh City instead of Rome, you would:

pay 73.4% less for restaurants

 
Rome
Ho Chi Minh City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $16.08
€14.17
$1.98
₫51,464
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.72
€9.44
$4.85
₫126,086
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.23
€1.97
$0.51
₫13,278

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pay 32.0% less for groceries

 
Rome
Ho Chi Minh City
Bread
1 loaf
$1.78
€1.57
$1.07
₫27,899
Local cheese (8 oz) $7.00
€6.17
$5.90
₫153,426
Milk (1 gallon) $6.20
€5.46
$5.76
₫149,857

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pay 34.3% less for transportation

 
Rome
Ho Chi Minh City
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.15
€6.30
$3.56
₫92,537
Monthly public transit pass $37.51
€33.06
$13.05
₫339,660
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,794.08
€23,612.01
$38,763.85
₫1,008,687,219

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pay 62.7% less for housing

 
Rome
Ho Chi Minh City
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$29.46
€25.96
$9.69
₫252,132
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,180.31
€1,040.14
$476.20
₫12,391,472
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $763.10
€672.47
$305.20
₫7,941,689

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pay 6.3% less for childcare

 
Rome
Ho Chi Minh City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $508.83
€448.40
$252.71
₫6,575,909
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $10,490.67
€9,244.80
$14,438.55
₫375,710,257

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pay 49.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Rome
Ho Chi Minh City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.36
€4.72
$1.19
₫30,878
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.53
€1.34
$1.94
₫50,537
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.43
€5.67
$1.38
₫36,025

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pay 17.0% less for clothing

 
Rome
Ho Chi Minh City
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$65.43
€57.66
$30.06
₫782,247
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$30.74
€27.09
$25.09
₫652,776
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$77.17
€68.00
$98.26
₫2,556,930

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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: June 2025
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