Barcelona vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	98	82
😀 Quality of life	87	91
🏙️ Population	1.7M	548K

The cost of living in Barcelona is 7% more expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 2276th and 2608th ($1841 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 35th in Spain and Germany, respectively. Check Spain vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 270th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Hanover

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	Barcelona	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$26877

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421