🇻🇳 9 cities in Vietnam, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇻🇳 Rach GiaProvincial city | $39.9 | $766 | ₫35,000 | ₫25,000 |
| 🇻🇳 Can ThoBig city | $51.2 | $1,055 | ₫42,000 | ₫32,000 |
| 🇻🇳 Da LatMid-size city | $55.4 | $1,044 | ₫47,000 | ₫37,000 |
| 🇻🇳 HanoiBig city | $57.8 | $1,422 | ₫50,000 | ₫40,000 |
| 🇻🇳 Da NangResort · mid-size | $58.5 | $1,284 | ₫45,000 | ₫35,000 |
| 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh CityBig city | $63.9 | $1,628 | ₫55,000 | ₫45,000 |
| 🇻🇳 Nha TrangResort | $72.7 | $1,503 | ₫58,000 | ₫45,000 |
| 🇻🇳 Hoi AnResort · small town | $74.7 | $1,423 | ₫53,000 | ₫42,000 |
| 🇻🇳 Phu QuocResort | $95.5 | $1,545 | ₫70,000 | ₫50,000 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $39.9 and $95.5 a day depending on the city — about $63.3 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $766–$1,628 by city, about $1,297 on average.
By daily budget, Rach Gia ($39.9/day) is the cheapest and Phu Quoc ($95.5/day) the most expensive.