
Cheapest Travel Destinations in Asia for 2025!
Here are the top 31 cities ranked by affordability according to the Price of Travel’s Backpacker Index for 2025!
For each city this daily total includes:
A dorm bed at a good and cheap hostel
3 budget meals
2 public transportation rides
1 paid cultural attraction
3 cheap beers (as an “entertainment fund”)
Cheapest to most expensive
1 Vientiane, Laos

US$18.28/day
2 Luang Prabang, Laos

US$20.14/day
3 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

US$20.37/day
4 Pokhara, Nepal

US$20.80/day
5 Hanoi, Vietnam

US$20.37/day
6 Hoi An, Vietnam

$21.06/day
7 Chiang Mai, Thailand

US$22.17/day
8 Delhi (and New Delhi), India

US$22.63/day
9 Kathmandu, Nepal

US$22.74/day
10 Yangon, Myanmar

US$22.63/day
11. Jakarta, Indonesia

US$24.38/day
12. Manila, Philippines

US$25.06/day
13. Goa, India

US$25.15/day
14. Kuta (Bali), Indonesia

US$28.23/day
15. Phnom Penh, Cambodia

US$28.58/day
16. Bangkok, Thailand

US$29.26/day
17. Siem Reap, Cambodia

US$29.87/day
18. Mumbai, India

US$32.00/day
19. Colombo, Sri Lanka

US$33.71/day
20. Taipei, Taiwan

US$36.70/day
21. Phuket, Thailand

US$37.50/day
22. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

US$38.97/day
23. Boracay Island, Philippines

US$39.87/day
24. Shanghai, China

US$47.29/day
25. Beijing, China

US$48.25/day
26. Seoul, South Korea

US$51.24/day
27. Macau, China

US$59.56/day
28. Xi’an, China

US$62.22/day
29. Tokyo, Japan

US$68.02/day
30. Hong Kong, China

US$72.16/day
31. Singapore, Singapore

US$79.40/day
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