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Cost of living in Ho Chi Minh City 2026

Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for Ho Chi Minh City, with quick comparisons to other cities.

Cost index (base New York = 100)

21.1

79% cheaper than New York

Ho Chi Minh CityUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 14,976,846 VND $569
1-bed apartment, outside centre 6,861,327 VND $261
3-bed apartment, centre 30,584,236 VND $1,162
Room in shared flat 3,430,664 VND $130
Buy price per m2 122,173,151 VND $4,643
Living cost excl. rent 12,595,603 VND $479
Typical net salary 13,268,416 VND $504

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How we calculate and where the data comes from

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.