How much does it cost to live in Mui Ne?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$1,155 (₫29,924,668)
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: vagabondbuddha.com, livingcost.org
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $360 (₫9,335,869)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $2,168 (₫56,164,156)
Good to know
Good to Know
- Short-term furnished rental prices in Mui Ne swing a lot with the tourist season — expect noticeably higher nightly/weekly vacation-rental rates around Tet and the Dec-Feb peak, and cheaper deals in the off-season (roughly April-October).
- Locals pay far less than the 'tourist' monthly apartment rates you'll see on booking platforms — if you plan to stay more than a month or two, it's worth walking the neighborhood and asking about a room directly rather than only booking through Airbnb/Vrbo.
- Most of the cost-of-living data available for Mui Ne comes from small-sample aggregators rather than dense local listing sites, since it's a small town (~25,000 people) rather than a major nomad hub — treat exact figures as a general guide rather than precise pricing.
- There are no official coworking spaces in Mui Ne — plan to work from beachfront cafes or resort common areas with wifi rather than expecting a dedicated desk space.
- Mui Ne has no public bus/metro system; most longer-stay visitors rent a motorbike by the month rather than relying on per-ride Grab fares.
- Viettel is generally regarded as having the widest and most reliable mobile coverage in Vietnam, including in smaller towns like Mui Ne, versus MobiFone or Vinaphone.
- The single-entry e-visa (~$25 USD) covers up to 90 days and is the standard route for a multi-month stay for most nationalities, including US passport holders — check your specific passport's visa-free allowance separately since it's usually much shorter than 90 days.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- ₫29,924,668
Includes 6 estimated components
1 component missing
- Lean month
- ₫9,335,869
Includes 4 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- ₫56,164,156
Includes 7 estimated components
1 component missing
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Mui Ne has no formally documented 'digital nomad hub' distinct from its tourist strip. Almost all short-term foreign rentals, cafes, and guesthouses cluster along the ~11km beachfront strip on Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, spanning Ham Tien and Mui Ne wards (the area travelers colloquially call 'Mui Ne beach'). All housing figures below are priced against this strip as the closest reasonable proxy, since no separate nomad enclave is documented.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- ₫23,313,799
Estimated
Estimated as a mid-point within the $700-2,500/month furnished-apartment range reported by a Mui Ne cost-of-living blog for month-long tourist-rate rentals; assumes a furnished 1-2BR unit near the beach strip with AC and kitchen.
Published in USD
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- Not shown: failed a consistency check
- Premium apartment
- ₫46,627,597
Estimated
Estimated near the upper end of the $700-2,500/month furnished-rental range cited by a Mui Ne cost-of-living blog, consistent with sea-view villas and serviced apartments advertised for month-long stays on major booking platforms' Mui Ne monthly-rental pages.
Published in USD
- Private room in a shared home
- ₫4,000,000
Estimated
No dedicated listings for a private room in a shared home were found for Mui Ne specifically. Estimated as roughly 40-45% of a budget furnished studio rent, based on typical room-in-shared-house pricing patterns in comparable small Vietnamese beach towns.
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- ₫3,500,000
Estimated
No Mui Ne-specific grocery-basket survey was found. Estimated based on typical costs for a single person cooking most meals at home in a small Vietnamese city, shopping at a mix of local market and mini-mart.
Sample prices
1L Milk
- 1L Milk
- ₫35,000
Estimated
Estimated from typical Vietnam small-city supermarket pricing; no Mui Ne-specific listing confirmed.
Dozen Eggs
- Dozen Eggs
- ₫40,000
Estimated
Estimated from typical Vietnam small-city market pricing; no Mui Ne-specific listing confirmed.
1kg Rice
- 1kg Rice
- ₫25,000
Estimated
Estimated from typical Vietnam market pricing; no Mui Ne-specific listing confirmed.
1kg Chicken Breast
- 1kg Chicken Breast
- ₫90,000
Estimated
Estimated from typical Vietnam small-city supermarket pricing; no Mui Ne-specific listing confirmed.
1.5L Bottled Water (Store)
- 1.5L Bottled Water (Store)
- ₫10,000
Estimated
Store price, not restaurant price. Estimated from typical Vietnam mini-mart pricing; no Mui Ne-specific listing confirmed.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- ₫30,000
Estimated
Estimated typical price for a single serving of pho or com tam at a local street-food stall in Mui Ne; no single-item receipt or menu source confirmed for this city specifically. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 40000 VND reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- ₫500,000
Estimated
Estimated single-person price for an upscale seafood or resort-restaurant dinner in Mui Ne; no confirmed menu/receipt source found for this city.
- Mid-range meal
- ₫112,500
Estimated
Estimated single-person price at a casual sit-down beachfront restaurant; derived as an estimate rather than pulled from a two-person Numbeo-style figure. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 150000 VND reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Day pass
- Not available
A Mui Ne nomad guide states there are currently no official coworking spaces in Mui Ne; laptop workers use wifi cafes and beach clubs instead, so no day-pass price exists to record.
- Day Pass Venue
- None documented — nomads work from cafes/beach clubs instead
- Monthly hot desk
- Not available
Same as “Day pass” — no dedicated coworking operator with a hot-desk membership was found operating in Mui Ne.
Transport
- What the pass covers
- No public transit pass exists in Mui Ne; long-stay visitors typically rent a motorbike monthly or use Grab/xe om (motorbike taxi) per trip.
- Single ride
- ₫30,000
Estimated
Estimated typical short Grab motorbike-taxi fare within the Mui Ne strip; no Mui Ne-specific fare listing was retrieved at the time of research.
- Monthly pass
- Not available
Mui Ne is a linear beach strip with no public bus or metro network and therefore no transit monthly pass product. Most longer-stay visitors rent a motorbike by the month instead (commonly quoted informally in the 1,500,000–2,500,000 VND range by rental shops, but no listing source was retrieved at the time of research so this is not recorded as a priced figure).
Mobile & data
- Monthly plan
- ₫180,000
Survey / cost-of-living site
Gigago's Viettel tourist SIM/eSIM guide states Viettel tourist plan prices range up to 180,000 VND (~$7.20 USD) for a full month; higher-tier plans also include voice minutes.
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Mui Ne experiences a clear dry season (November–April) that is explicitly described as 'peak tourist season' with ideal conditions for water sports, versus a rainy season (May–October) described as 'lower tourist season' with high humidity, rain showers, and occasional red algae blooms that materially reduce beach appeal and tourism demand.
Low season
- Budget
- ₫1,225,000
Likibu vacation rental averages (May-Oct), low-season pricing
- Luxury
- ₫2,450,000
Luxury resort estimate based on available data; low-season discount from high-season rates
- Premium
- ₫2,450,000
Booking.com 4-star hotels, low-season rate (May-Oct)
- Standard
- ₫1,470,000
Booking.com 3-star hotels, low-season rate
High season
- Budget
- ₫1,500,000
Booking.com 2-star hotel and basic Airbnb studios, high-season rates
- Luxury
- ₫3,350,000
Anantara Mui Ne Resort and Centara Mirage Resort 5-star properties, high-season rates
- Premium
- ₫3,200,000
Booking.com 4-star hotels, average high-season rate (Nov-Apr peak)
- Standard
- ₫1,950,000
Booking.com 3-star hotels, average high-season rate
Low-season months
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
High-season months
- November
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
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Data last updated September 2026 · Verify anything important.