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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