Ho Chi Minh City Cost of Living: Overview
What it costs to live and work remotely from Ho Chi Minh City, broken down by category.
Ho Chi Minh City is larger, faster-paced, and generally more expensive than Da Nang, but offers a deeper professional and coworking scene — it is a better fit for nomads who want a genuine city environment over a beach-town pace of life.
- 1BR apartment, District 1/3 — $600-1,200/month; District 1 specifically runs toward the top of that range and up, given its central location and proximity to nightlife and international dining
- 1BR apartment, other districts — $400-800/month in Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, or District 7, commonly 15-30% less than District 1 for a comparable unit
- Coworking, monthly — $80-180/month at established spaces (Dreamplex and similar)
- Eating out, per meal — $2-4 for local Vietnamese food, $8-15 at Western-style restaurants
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