Ho Chi Minh City vs Toronto
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Cost of living
Living in Toronto is about 161% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh City.
Real buying power
In Toronto, your money buys 165% more than in Ho Chi Minh City.
To live like in Ho Chi Minh City, you need about 1,840 CAD net in Toronto.
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Ho Chi Minh City monthly savings
$-544
-108% of net
Toronto monthly savings
$763
22% of net
Cost breakdown (USD / month)
| Ho Chi Minh City | Toronto | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-bed apartment, centre | $569 | $1,636 |
| 1-bed apartment, outside centre | $261 | $1,454 |
| 3-bed apartment, centre | $1,162 | $2,775 |
| Room in shared flat | $130 | $727 |
| Buy price per m2 | $4,643 | $8,895 |
| Living cost excl. rent | $479 | $1,084 |
| net / month | $504 | $3,483 |
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Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.
Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.