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Da Nang living expenses guide: what a month costs, line by line

By the Vietnam Expat team. Last reviewed 2026-09-21

This Da Nang living expenses guide prices one person at 15.8 to 25.7 million dong a month (611 to 996 US dollars [1]), a couple at 31.2 million and a family of four at 62.7 million before school. The gap is mostly rent, and every line is our estimate from tariffs, price lists and asking rents.

Key facts

Who this is for: People pricing a move to Da Nang: one person or remote worker, a couple, or a family weighing rent, bills and school fees.
Cost: About 15.8 million dong a month (611 US dollars) for one person on a lean inland routine, 25.7 million (996 dollars) near the beach with a desk and a gym, 31.2 million (1,208 dollars) for a couple and 62.7 million (2,430 dollars) for a family of four before school. Tuition adds 130 to 664 million dong a year per child.
Time: Price your own month from the tables here, then allow one full billing cycle in the city to check electricity.
Documents: For electricity, a lease of 12 months or more, or a temporary residence book or police confirmation for each occupant. For schools, each school's written fee sheet for 2026 to 2027.
What changed recently: Da Nang's apartment fee frame changed on 10 June 2026. Petrol rose 1,395 dong a liter on 17 September 2026. The 8 percent VAT rate runs to 31 December 2026. School fee sheets for 2026 to 2027 are out.
What is still unverified: Private rents have no official source, the VAT on a live electricity bill is unconfirmed, and we found no current health insurance premium, city bus fare table or household help price list.

What does this Da Nang living expenses guide count?

This guide counts three kinds of money: bills that repeat every month, costs that arrive once a term or once a year, and the cash due before you move in. We work from Ho Chi Minh City, so for Da Nang we read tariffs, price lists and fee sheets instead of our own receipts.

Every figure carries a label. Published means a tariff or price list we read, crowd means a Numbeo average, asking means an advertised rent, and estimate means our own arithmetic. Dollars use Vietcombank's transfer rate of 25,820 dong, read on 21 September 2026 [1].

How much does a month in Da Nang cost for one person, a couple and a family?

One person spends about 15.8 to 25.7 million dong a month (611 to 996 US dollars [1]), and a couple spends about 31.2 million (1,208 dollars). A family of four spends about 62.7 million (2,430 dollars) before school, using the crowd estimate on our Da Nang cost of living page.

For food, Numbeo contributors report 60,000 dong for a meal at an inexpensive restaurant, 500,000 for a mid-range dinner for two and 46,111 for a cappuccino [1].

Lean means 60 local meals a month, 3,600,000 dong or 139 US dollars [1]. Standard means 30 local meals, eight dinners at half the price for two and 30 cappuccinos, 5,183,330 dong or 201 dollars [1] for each adult.

Line, dong a month [1]	One person, inland, lean	One person, beach area, remote worker	Couple, beach area
Rent, one bedroom, asking median.	9,000,000	14,000,000	14,000,000
Electricity with VAT, 150, 300 and 450 kWh.	346,356	798,660	1,347,300
Water, 4, 4 and 8 cubic meters.	18,200	18,200	36,400
Fiber internet, 300 Mbps.	195,000	195,000	195,000
Mobile plans, crowd average.	159,212	159,212	318,424
Rented Air Blade scooters.	2,200,000	2,200,000	4,400,000
Petrol, 500, 500 and 1,000 km.	266,473	266,473	532,947
Food and drink, crowd prices.	3,600,000	5,183,330	10,366,660
Coworking desk and gym.	0	2,883,333	0
Total, dong.	15,785,241	25,704,208	31,196,731
Total, US dollars.	611	996	1,208

Source: tariffs and price lists [2][3][5][6][7][8][9][11], read 2026-09-21. Rents are Dot Property asking medians, and food, phone and gym prices are Numbeo crowd prices archived 2026-09-14.

Rent takes 45 to 57 percent of these months. Only electricity, water, internet, scooter rental, petrol and the desk have a published price [2][5][6][7][8][11], and together they are 19 to 22 percent of the totals.

A 1,000 US dollar budget is 25,820,000 dong [1], so the beach-side month fits with 115,792 dong to spare. To test your own household, use the Da Nang budget calculator.

As a cross-check, Numbeo's estimate of 11,731,258 dong for one person excluding rent, plus the same 14,000,000 rent, gives 25,731,258 dong (997 US dollars [1]). That is within 27,050 dong of the 25,704,208 dong beach-side total.

The crowd route gives 20,579,320 dong (797 US dollars [1]) for one person outside the city center, from Numbeo's 8,848,062 rent and 11,731,258 estimate. The lean month sits 4.8 million dong below that, because we assume only local meals and no leisure spending.

Which choices move a Da Nang budget the most?

School fees move a budget most, then rent. One child in the same year costs 21.7 million dong a month more in the international program at Singapore International School at Da Nang (SIS) than in its integrated program [15][16], and a beach-side rent adds about 6 million to an inland one.

Choice [1]	Lower option	Higher option	Gap a month
One child, same school year.	SIS integrated, 22,333,250	SIS international, 44,023,583	21,690,333
One bedroom, area.	Inland ads, 9,000,000	Ngu Hanh Son ads, 15,000,000	6,000,000
Workspace and gym.	None, 0	Desk and gym, 2,883,333	2,883,333
Getting around.	Rented scooter, 2,200,000	Two 5 km Green SM rides a day, 4,584,000	2,384,000
Eating.	Lean, 3,600,000	Standard, 5,183,330	1,583,330
Air conditioning.	150 kWh, 346,356	600 kWh, 1,907,820	1,561,464

Source: SIS fee sheets, EVN and VAT pages, scooter, Green SM and Enosta pages [2][3][7][10][11][15][16], read 2026-09-21. Rents and food come from the first table, and gaps are our arithmetic.

Everyday habits have prices too. Each row below multiplies a price by how often one person does it in a month, thirty times or, for the dinners, four.

One habit [1]	Count	Price, dong	Adds a month
A local meal.	30	60,000	1,800,000
A cappuccino.	30	46,111	1,383,330
A draft beer.	30	35,000	1,050,000
A 5 km Green SM ride.	30	76,400	2,292,000
A mid-range dinner for two.	4	500,000	2,000,000
A gym membership.	1	583,333	583,333

Source: Numbeo crowd prices archived 2026-09-14 and Green SM fares [10], read 2026-09-21. Amounts are our arithmetic.

How much is rent in Da Nang, and what sits on top of it?

A one-bedroom apartment costs 9 to 15 million dong a month by asking median (349 to 581 US dollars [1]), depending on the area, and the deposit and the building fee come on top.

The Han River in Da Nang on a calm morning, with palm trees and buildings along the bank

Area or source [1]	Basis	One bedroom, dong a month
Cam Le, Thanh Khe and Lien Chieu.	Asking median	9,000,000
Son Tra.	Asking median	14,000,000
Hai Chau.	Asking median	14,250,000
Ngu Hanh Son.	Asking median	15,000,000
Outside the city center.	Crowd average	8,848,062
In the city center.	Crowd average	13,630,968
An Thuong, agency range.	Agency asking	12,910,000 to 18,074,000

Source: Dot Property one-bedroom ads, newest 1,250 of 3,616, counted 2026-09-21; Numbeo archived 2026-09-14; Da Nang Villa Realty, read 2026-09-21, at 25,820 dong per dollar [1].

Asking rents run above crowd averages, and we found no official source for signed rents. Numbeo contributors report 8,848,062 dong outside the city center (343 US dollars [1]), 5.2 million below the Son Tra ask. Asking rents by old district, with the ad counts behind each median, are on our cost of living page for Da Nang.

Da Nang Villa Realty, an agency, says a deposit of one to two months' rent is typical. That is 9 to 18 million dong on an inland flat and 14 to 28 million near the beach (349 to 1,084 US dollars [1]).

Apartment buildings add a management fee. Da Nang's frame, in force since 10 June 2026, allows 4,400 to 13,200 dong per m2 a month with a lift and 1,600 to 7,500 without [12]. A 50 m2 flat with a lift lands between 220,000 and 660,000 dong, so ask who pays it before you sign.

What do electricity, water and internet cost in Da Nang?

One person in a flat with air conditioning pays about 1.0 million dong a month for the three: 798,660 dong of electricity at 300 kWh with VAT, 18,200 for 4 cubic meters of water and 195,000 for fiber internet [2][5][6] (39 US dollars [1]).

Monthly use [2]	Before VAT	With 8 percent VAT	US dollars
150 kWh.	320,700	346,356	13.4
300 kWh.	739,500	798,660	30.9
450 kWh.	1,247,500	1,347,300	52.2
600 kWh.	1,766,500	1,907,820	73.9

Source: tariff table of Decision 1279/QD-BCT [2] and VAT report [3], read 2026-09-21. Bills are our arithmetic, and dollars use 25,820 dong [1].

The household tariff has six tiers, from 1,984 dong per kWh for the first 50 to 3,460 above 400, before VAT [2]. Each extra 100 kWh above 300 adds 361,800 to 373,680 dong with VAT.

That table is still the one in force. EVN's price category shows two items after it, both from July 2026 and both about how the average retail price is adjusted, starting with Decree 278/2026/ND-CP [4].

VAT is 8 percent from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2026 under Decree 174/2025/ND-CP [3]. A law firm's explainer says household electricity is covered and that the rate returns to 10 percent afterward unless the cut is extended.

We assume 300 kWh for one person who runs air conditioning at night. Da Nang's average daily high peaks at 34.9 degrees C in June [25].

EVN sets a rule for students and workers who rent a home. If the lease runs under 12 months and the landlord has not declared everyone in the flat, the whole meter is billed at the tier 3 price of 2,380 dong per kWh [2][4].

That flat price costs 36,300 dong more than the tiers at 200 kWh and 122,500 dong less at 400 kWh, before VAT [2][4]. If the landlord declares the occupants with a temporary residence book or a police confirmation, every 4 people count as one household for the tier allowance [4].

Water from DAWACO costs urban households 4,550 dong per cubic meter for the first 10, 5,460 for 11 to 30 and 6,810 above 30, VAT included [5]. Four cubic meters cost 18,200 dong and sixteen cost 78,260, before a separate drainage charge we could not find.

FPT lists home fiber from 195,000 dong a month, at 300 Mbps on GIGA and 1 Gbps down on SKY, and 295,000 for META at 1 Gbps both ways [6]. A mobile plan with 10 GB or more averages 159,212 dong on Numbeo (6.17 US dollars [1]), in a range of 90,000 to 300,000.

What does it cost to get around Da Nang?

A rented Honda Air Blade costs 2,466,473 dong a month with 500 km of petrol (96 US dollars [1]), and a 5 km Green SM ride costs 76,400 dong, so the two match at about 32 rides a month [7][8][9][10].

Motorbike riders crossing the Dragon Bridge in Da Nang at night

Way of getting around [1]	Assumption	Dong a month
Rented Air Blade with petrol.	500 km	2,466,473
Rented Vario 160 with petrol.	500 km	2,776,529
Green SM Car.	One 5 km ride a day	2,292,000
Green SM Car.	Two 5 km rides a day	4,584,000
Green SM Premium.	One 5 km ride a day	2,544,000

Source: scooter shop, petrol, Honda and Green SM pages [7][8][9][10][26], read 2026-09-21. Monthly costs are our arithmetic.

Green SM Car charges 30,500 dong for the first 2 km and 15,300 per km to km 12 in Da Nang, so 5 km costs 76,400 and 10 km costs 152,900 [10]. Its Premium fare is 34,400 and 16,800, which makes 84,800 for 5 km.

Petrol E5 RON 92 is capped at 25,139 dong per liter from 15:00 on 17 September 2026, up 1,395 dong [8]. At the 2.12 liters per 100 km that Honda rates for the Air Blade 125, 500 km burns 266,473 dong of it [9].

Honda rates the Vario 160 at 2.20 liters per 100 km, a little higher than the Air Blade's 2.12 [26]. At that rate, 500 km of petrol costs 276,529 dong, so the Vario's 2,776,529 dong total is the 2,500,000 dong monthly rental plus that petrol [7][26].

The scooter shop advertises monthly rates from 45 US dollars for long stays, or 1,161,900 dong [7]. Green SM says its fares differ by province and shows no date on its table [10], and we found no current city bus fare table.

What do international schools in Da Nang cost?

Yearly tuition for 2026 to 2027 runs from 130,000,000 dong for the Discovery early-years class at Hoi An International School (HAIS) to 663,575,000 for the last A Level year at SIS. That is 10.8 to 55.3 million dong a month, or 420 to 2,142 US dollars [1][15][18].

Among international schools, Da Nang fees differ by level, so the table compares them level by level, in dong for a year paid in one payment.

Level	Odyssey [19]	HAIS [18]	SIS international [15][17]	SIS integrated [16]	APU [20][21]
Early years.	208,000,000	215,000,000	206,791,000 to 280,615,000	None listed	249,480,000
Primary, first years.	331,000,000	255,000,000	528,283,000	267,999,000	340,200,000
Middle years.	425,000,000	395,000,000	559,264,000	306,697,000	494,340,000
Last years.	598,000,000	510,000,000	663,575,000	None listed	597,366,000

Source: each school's fee sheet for 2026 to 2027 [15][16][17][18][19][20][21], read 2026-09-21. Bands differ by school, and the notes below name them.

The bands behind each row differ by school:

Early years means Junior Kindy at Odyssey, International Early Years at HAIS, the Pre-Nursery to Kindergarten 2 classes at SIS and pre-school at APU. HAIS also lists Discovery at 130,000,000 and Bilingual Early Years at 150,000,000 [17][18][19][20].
Primary means Grades 1 to 3 at Odyssey, Year 1 to 2 at HAIS, Year 1 to 3 at SIS and Grades 1 and 2 at APU [15][16][18][19][20].
Middle years means Grades 6 to 8 at Odyssey and APU, Year 7 to 9 at HAIS, Year 7 to 8 at SIS international and Year 6 to 9 at SIS integrated [15][16][18][19][21].
Last years means Grades 11 and 12 at Odyssey and APU, Year 12 and 13 at HAIS and the second A Level year at SIS [15][18][19][21].

Every figure is the price when the year is paid in one payment. Paying by term costs 10 percent more at SIS's school-age programs: the four terms of Year 1 to 3 add up to 581,112,000 dong against 528,283,000 [15].

HAIS adds 5 percent for two payments and 10 percent for four [18], and APU adds 8 percent for two semesters [20]. Odyssey labels its annual price 5 percent off and its semester price 2 percent off [19].

One-off fees come first. SIS's compulsory fees total 39,440,000 dong for the international program (a 2,940,000 placement test, 21,500,000 registration and a 15,000,000 deposit) and 19,540,000 for the integrated one [15][16].

Odyssey adds a 5,000,000 application fee and a 20,000,000 enrollment fee from Grade 1 [19]. APU asks a 30,000,000 deposit, plus an application fee of 3,000,000 or 4,500,000 by level [20][21].

Some fees repeat every year. Odyssey's campus and school development fee is 25,000,000 dong, APU's yearly facility fee for new students is 10,000,000 or 15,000,000 by level, and SIS lists an English-language fee of 38,700,000 [15][19][20][21].

SIS gives no price for meals, uniform, books or the bus, and tells parents to ask the school office [15][16]. Odyssey prices its bus at 13,000,000 to 26,000,000 dong a year by distance [19].

Odyssey takes 7.5 percent off the second child's tuition and 20 percent off the third and later ones [19]. HAIS gave 10 percent off tuition for enrolling by 15 May 2026 and 5 percent by 30 June [18].

For a family, add tuition to the base month. One child in Odyssey's Grades 1 to 3 [19], at 27.6 million dong a month, lifts the 62.7 million family estimate to 90.3 million (3,499 US dollars [1]).

HAIS lists its address as Hoi An Tay, Da Nang [18], so a commute from the city is a cost we could not price. Our Da Nang school budget page goes deeper on fees by level.

Is that advertised Da Nang lifestyle budget real?

For one person, yes, with room to spare. The Da Nang Hotel Guide's lean budget, updated August 2026, is 1,500 US dollars a month, or 38,730,000 dong at 25,820 per dollar [1].

Its lines add up to 1,170 dollars (30,209,400 dong [1]), and the other 330 dollars, 22 percent of the headline, is a buffer.

Line [1]	Guide, dollars	Guide, dong	Our figure, dong	Reading
Rent, basic one bedroom near the beach.	420	10,844,400	14,000,000	Inside the agency range.
Electricity, internet and water.	70	1,807,400	1,011,860	1.8 times ours.
Transport, Grab and scooter fuel.	80	2,065,600	2,466,473	Below a rented scooter.
Food, mostly local, some Western.	300	7,746,000	5,183,330	49 percent above ours.
Coffee shops.	50	1,291,000	1,383,330	7 percent below ours.
Nights out, gym, health and miscellaneous.	250	6,455,000	None	No published price.
Buffer on top.	330	8,520,600	None	Cushion, not a price.
Headline total.	1,500	38,730,000	None	Lines plus buffer.

Source: Da Nang Hotel Guide budget page, read 2026-09-21, against the tariffs, price lists and asking medians above. Dong figures use 25,820 per dollar [1].

The guide's rent sits inside the agency's Son Tra range of 350 to 700 dollars (9,037,000 to 18,074,000 dong [1]) and 23 percent below the 14,000,000 dong asking median there.

Its own price list puts scooter rental at 80 to 150 dollars a month, or 2,000,000 to 3,800,000 dong, separate from its 80 dollar transport line (2,065,600 dong [1]), which covers Grab rides and scooter fuel, not rental.

The guide also has no line for a deposit or visa costs, and mentions insurance only as part of a scooter rental.

Test any advertised budget the same way: convert it at a dated bank rate, replace its rent with the median ask for your area, check each bill against its tariff, and add what it leaves out [1]. We test three other guides on our cost of living page.

A budget written a year ago is also out of date: national consumer prices were 4.89 percent higher in August 2026 than a year earlier [24], which is 1,262,598 dong on a 25,820,000 dong budget.

What is missing from most Da Nang budgets?

Six costs sit outside the totals above, and the last has no price we can quote:

The deposit: one to two months' rent, or 14 to 28 million dong at the 14 million dong median [1].
The building fee, if the lease passes it on: 220,000 to 660,000 dong for 50 m2 with a lift [12].
School one-off fees: 39,440,000 dong at SIS for its international program, plus a 30,000,000 dong deposit at APU [15][21].
Doctor visits: the Family Medical Practice list charges 71 US dollars for an internal medicine or pediatric consultation and 100 for a specialist [23].
Vietnamese lessons: 1,380 US dollars for UED's 460-hour course, or 35,631,600 dong [1][22].
Health insurance, visas and flights: no priced line, and the visa and residence rules are a question for a licensed adviser.

Is Da Nang cheaper than Saigon or Hanoi?

Not by much. Adding Numbeo's one-bedroom rent outside the city center to its estimate for one person gives 20.6 million dong in Da Nang (797 US dollars [1]), 20.7 million in Saigon (801) and 19.1 million in Hanoi (739).

A wide sandy beach in Da Nang with the city's towers in the distance

Building fee frame, 50 m2 flat [12][13][14]	With a lift	Without a lift
Da Nang, Decision 78/2026.	220,000 to 660,000	80,000 to 375,000
Saigon, Decision 86/2024.	90,000 to 350,000	30,000 to 175,000
Hanoi, Decision 25/2026.	60,000 to 825,000	35,000 to 250,000

Source: city decisions on apartment management fees [12][13][14], read 2026-09-21. Amounts are our arithmetic on the per m2 frames.

Da Nang has the highest floor of the three: a building with a lift must charge at least 4,400 dong per m2, against 1,800 in Saigon and 1,200 in Hanoi [12][13][14]. Its ceiling of 13,200 sits between Saigon's 7,000 and Hanoi's 16,500.

For the same method in the other two cities, read our Saigon monthly costs and Hanoi monthly costs.

Before you pay a deposit, ask to see the last three electricity bills and the building's current fee notice, because both vary from flat to flat.

What we could not verify

Private rents. We found no government body that publishes them. Our rents are asking medians from the newest 1,250 one-bedroom ads on Dot Property (not a random sample), Numbeo crowd averages and one agency's ranges. We cannot see the leases tenants sign.
Numbeo on 21 September. The site refused our requests, so its figures come from a copy archived on 14 September that shows its update of 23 August 2026. Its Da Nang sample is 548 entries from 75 contributors in 12 months. The Saigon and Hanoi figures in the last section come from readings of 20 and 9 September that we did not repeat.
Electricity VAT. The tariff decision quotes prices before VAT. The 8 percent rate to 31 December 2026 comes from the government report on Decree 174/2025/ND-CP and a law firm's explainer that covers household electricity. We did not see a Da Nang bill.
The short lease rule. EVN's page sets it for students and workers renting a home. We could not confirm how EVN applies it to foreign tenants.
Water. DAWACO's tariff dates from 1 January 2025, and we found no current Da Nang rate for the separate drainage and wastewater charge.
Odyssey's fee page. Its tabs print out of order in plain text. We read the early-years tab and the bus table by eye and checked the other annual figures against its term amounts by arithmetic.
SIS integrated program. The fee sheet lists yearly amounts collected for the Vietnamese partner school, 32,866,000 dong for Year 1 to 3, and does not say whether the tuition line already includes them.
APU. Its two fee sheets are image-only PDFs that list both its Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang campuses, so we read the figures by eye.
Hoi An International School sits in Hoi An Tay, Da Nang. We did not price the trip from the city.
Health insurance premiums, city bus fares and cleaner or domestic help prices. We found no current dated table for any of them, and Viettel's own plan pages need a browser to show prices.
The Da Nang Hotel Guide's method. Its editor is unnamed and it shows no method, so we tested its amounts against published prices and not its reasoning.
Visa and residence costs. They sit outside every total and are a question for a licensed adviser.

Frequently asked questions

How much money do you need to live in Da Nang, Vietnam?

One person needs about 15.8 million dong (611 US dollars) for a lean month inland and 25.7 million (996 dollars) near the beach with a coworking desk and a gym. A couple needs about 31.2 million. School fees, insurance and visas sit on top.

How far does 100 US dollars go in Da Nang, Vietnam?

One hundred US dollars converts to 2,582,000 dong at Vietcombank's rate. That buys about 43 local meals at 60,000 dong each, or 29 percent of the inland one-bedroom asking median, and covers about 16 percent of our lean one-person month.

Is 1,000 US dollars a month enough to live in Da Nang, Vietnam?

For one person near the beach, yes. A budget of 1,000 dollars is 25,820,000 dong at Vietcombank's rate, and our beach-side month with a desk and gym totals 25,704,208. That leaves 115,792 dong, so a deposit or a flight home needs separate cash.

Is 2,000 US dollars a month enough to live in Da Nang, Vietnam?

Two thousand dollars is 51,640,000 dong, enough for a couple but short for a family. Our couple estimate is 31.2 million, our family estimate is 62.7 million before tuition, from Numbeo's family basket and a crowd-reported three-bedroom rent. One child at Odyssey in Grades 1 to 3 adds 27.6 million more.

How much cash do you need for your first month in Da Nang?

Plan for the deposit plus one month. A deposit of one to two months' rent is typical, so 14 to 28 million dong on a 14 million dong flat, and a beach-side month costs about 25.7 million. Together that is 39.7 to 53.7 million dong before flights and setup.

Is it cheaper to live inland or near My Khe beach?

Inland is cheaper. Asking medians for a one-bedroom are 9 million dong in Cam Le, Thanh Khe and Lien Chieu against 14 to 15 million in Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son. The 5 to 6 million gap buys 65 to 78 Green SM rides of 5 km.

Why is my Da Nang electricity bill higher than the tariff table says?

The table quotes prices before VAT, which is 8 percent through 31 December 2026, and the price per kWh rises with use. At 300 kWh the tiers come to 739,500 dong and the bill to 798,660. A lease under 12 months can also put the whole meter on one flat price.

Do you need a motorbike to live in Da Nang?

It depends on how often you ride. A 5 km Green SM ride costs 76,400 dong, so about 32 rides a month cost as much as a rented Honda Air Blade with 500 km of petrol, 2,466,473 dong. Under that count rides are cheaper; over it the scooter wins.

What do Da Nang international schools charge besides tuition?

One-off fees come first: SIS's compulsory fees total 39,440,000 dong for its international program and 19,540,000 for the integrated one, and APU asks a 30,000,000 dong deposit. Yearly extras include Odyssey's 25,000,000 dong campus fee and SIS's 38,700,000 dong English-language fee.

Which international school in Da Nang is cheapest?

No school is cheapest at every level. Of the four schools we priced, HAIS is lowest in the primary band, 255,000,000 dong for Year 1 to 2, but SIS integrated drops below it in the middle years, 306,697,000 against HAIS's 395,000,000. HAIS sits in Hoi An Tay, adding a commute we could not price.

Is health insurance part of a Da Nang living budget?

It is not in our totals, because we found no current published premium for foreign residents. Care itself has a price: the Family Medical Practice list, applied from 11 January 2026, charges 71 US dollars for an internal medicine or pediatric consultation and 100 dollars for a specialist.

Is Da Nang cheaper than Saigon?

It costs about the same. Numbeo's rent outside the city center plus its estimate for one person comes to 20.6 million dong in Da Nang and 20.7 million in Saigon. Da Nang's building fee floor is higher: a lift building must charge at least 4,400 dong per m2, against 1,800 in Saigon.

How much does Vietnamese language study cost in Da Nang?

The University of Da Nang's UED lists a 460-hour Vietnamese course over two semesters at 1,380 US dollars, materials included and visa fee excluded. That is 35,631,600 dong, or 3 dollars an hour. Its next intake starts on 2 November 2026.

Sources

Vietcombank, published exchange rate feed, 2026-09-21. US dollar buying rate for transfers 25,820 dong, cash buying rate 25,790 dong and selling rate 26,200 dong, feed stamp 22 September 2026, 05:39 Vietnam time.
LuatVietnam, text of Decision 1279/QD-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, 9 May 2025, 2026-09-21. Household electricity tiers of 1,984, 2,050, 2,380, 2,998, 3,350 and 3,460 dong per kWh before VAT, and 2,909 dong per kWh on a prepaid card meter, in force from 10 May 2025.
Vietnam Government News (Chinhphu.vn), report of 1 July 2025 on Decree 174/2025/ND-CP, 2026-09-21. Decree 174/2025/ND-CP of 30 June 2025, under National Assembly Resolution 204/2025/QH15, applies 8 percent VAT to goods and services taxed at 10 percent, except telecommunications, finance, insurance, real estate, metal and mining products and excise goods, until 31 December 2026.
Vietnam Electricity (EVN), retail tariff page for Decision 1279/QD-BCT, 2026-09-21. For students and workers renting a home, a lease under 12 months with occupants not fully declared is billed at the tier 3 price for the whole meter, and every 4 declared people count as one household; the page's price category lists Decree 278/2026/ND-CP on adjusting the average retail price, posted 10 July 2026, and a consolidated text of 17 July 2026.
Da Nang Water Supply Joint Stock Company (DAWACO), notice of 2 January 2025, 2026-09-21. Urban household water from 1 January 2025 costs 4,550 dong per cubic meter for the first 10, 5,460 for 11 to 30 and 6,810 above 30, VAT included; drainage and wastewater charges are not included.
FPT Telecom, home internet price list dated 19 August 2026, 2026-09-21. Internet GIGA costs 195,000 dong a month for 300 Mbps both ways, SKY 195,000 for 1 Gbps down and 300 Mbps up, and META 295,000 for 1 Gbps both ways.
Da Nang Motorbike Rental (xemaydanang.com), price list, 2026-09-21. Honda Air Blade 125cc costs 140,000 dong a day or 2,200,000 a month, Honda Vario 160 CBS 150,000 a day or 2,500,000 a month, and the shop advertises monthly rates from 45 US dollars.
Vietnam Government News (Chinhphu.vn), joint notice of the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance, 17 September 2026, 2026-09-21. E5 RON 92 petrol is capped at 25,139 dong per liter from 15:00 on 17 September 2026, up 1,395 dong.
Honda Vietnam, Air Blade 125 specification page, 2026-09-29. Rated fuel use of 2.12 liters per 100 km and engine displacement of 124.8 cm3, Air Blade 125.
Green SM, taxi fare article with a table by province, 2026-09-21. Green SM Car in Da Nang costs 30,500 dong for the first 2 km, then 15,300 dong per km to km 12; Green SM Premium costs 34,400 dong, then 16,800. The table has no date and says fares differ by province.
Enosta Space, Da Nang coworking page, 2026-09-21. Coworking from 110,000 dong a day or 2,300,000 dong a month, with weekday hours of 8 AM to 6:30 PM.
LuatVietnam, text of Da Nang Decision 78/2026/QD-UBND, 2026-09-21. In force from 10 June 2026: the apartment management fee frame is 4,400 to 13,200 dong per m2 a month with a lift and 1,600 to 7,500 without.
Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee news site, report of 25 October 2024 on Decision 86/2024/QD-UBND, 2026-09-21. Ho Chi Minh City's apartment management fee frame is 1,800 to 7,000 dong per m2 a month with a lift and 600 to 3,500 without.
Vietnam Government Portal, report on Hanoi Decision 25/2026/QD-UBND of 13 February 2026, 2026-09-21. Hanoi's apartment management fee frame is 1,200 to 16,500 dong per m2 a month with a lift and 700 to 5,000 without, in force from 23 February 2026.
Singapore International School at Da Nang, fee structure for the international program, school year 2026 to 2027, 2026-09-21. Yearly tuition from 528,283,000 dong in Year 1 to 3 to 663,575,000 in the second A Level year; placement test 2,940,000, registration 21,500,000 and deposit 15,000,000 dong; English as a Foreign Language fee 38,700,000 a year; meals, uniform and bus not priced.
Singapore International School at Da Nang, fee structure for the integrated program, school year 2026 to 2027, 2026-09-21. Yearly tuition 267,999,000 dong in Year 1 to 3, 269,254,000 in Year 4 to 5 and 306,697,000 in Year 6 to 9; placement test 2,940,000, registration 8,600,000 and deposit 8,000,000 dong.
Singapore International School at Da Nang, fee structure for the international kindergarten program, school year 2026 to 2027, 2026-09-21. Yearly tuition from 206,791,000 dong for half days without lunch to 280,615,000 for full days in Pre-Nursery to Kindergarten 2 and 358,797,000 in the preparatory year; registration 6,450,000 dong.
Hoi An International School (HAIS), tuition and fees page, address 24 Phan Ba Phien, Hoi An Tay, Da Nang, 2026-09-21. Annual payment for 2026 to 2027 from 130,000,000 dong for Discovery to 510,000,000 for Year 12 and 13; two payments carry a 5 percent surcharge and four a 10 percent surcharge; early bird discounts of 10 percent to 15 May 2026 and 5 percent to 30 June 2026.
Odyssey International School, Da Nang, tuition and fees page for school year 2026 to 2027, 2026-09-21. Annual tuition column, marked 5 percent below termly payment, runs from 208,000,000 dong for Junior Kindy to 598,000,000 for Grades 11 and 12; application fee 5,000,000, enrollment fee 20,000,000 from Grade 1, campus and school development fee 25,000,000 a year; sibling discount 7.5 percent and 20 percent.
APU International School, pre and elementary school tuition and fees 2026 to 2027 (image-only PDF listing the Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang campuses), 2026-09-21. Annual tuition paid in full: pre-school 249,480,000 dong, grades 1 and 2 340,200,000; application fee 3,000,000; facility fee for new students 10,000,000 a year; two semester payments cost 8 percent more.
APU International School, middle and high school tuition and fees 2026 to 2027 (image-only PDF listing the Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang campuses), 2026-09-21. Annual tuition paid in full: grades 6 to 8 494,340,000 dong, grades 9 and 10 547,470,000, grades 11 and 12 597,366,000; application fee 4,500,000; facility fee 15,000,000 a year; deposit 30,000,000.
University of Da Nang, University of Science and Education (UED), Vietnamese language courses 2026, 2026-09-21. Course of 460 hours over 2 semesters costs 1,380 US dollars including study materials and excluding the visa fee; the fourth intake of 2026 starts on 2 November 2026.
Family Medical Practice Vietnam, service price list page (price list image applied from 11 January 2026), 2026-09-21. General consultation 71 US dollars and specialist consultation 100 dollars, priced at the list's own rate of 26,400 dong per dollar.
National Statistics Office of Vietnam, consumer price index for August 2026, issued 3 September 2026, 2026-09-21. Consumer prices rose 0.47 percent in the month and 4.89 percent on August 2025.
World Meteorological Organization, World Weather Information Service (Da Nang), 2026-09-21. Da Nang monthly average daily high for 1991 to 2020, supplied by the Viet Nam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration: 34.9 degrees C in June.
Honda Vietnam, Vario 160 specification page, 2026-09-29. Rated fuel use of 2.20 liters per 100 km, Vario 160.