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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Da Nang, a month

£287 to £601 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

RentFurnished one-bed, Hai Chau to An Thuong, from one blog. Beachfront towers run to VND 22 million. VND 6,000,000 to 14,000,000
£174 to £407
A deskCoworking monthly membership. VND 2,000,000 to 3,500,000
£58 to £102
Weekday lunchesCom thit, the rice-plate lunch, VND 25,000 to 45,000 each, 22 working days
£16 to £29
Getting aroundGrab at VND 30,000 to 50,000 for 5 km, two rides each working day: our estimate over 22 working days. VND 1,320,000 to 2,200,000
£38 to £64

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What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.