Brisbane vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1828
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$4329
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$953
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$2988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	84
😀 Quality of life	97	92
🏙️ Population	2.36M	545K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 36% more expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 781st and 2395th ($2491 vs $1828) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 27th in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hanover ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 15th and 83rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hanover

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	Brisbane	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$78.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$3.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$918
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$644
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$1158
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$204
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$315
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$5131
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$3015
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$3.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$54.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$31.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$3.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$5.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$5.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$9.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$34.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$83.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$97.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$15505

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1689
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1686
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1670
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1678
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1675
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1634
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1623
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1600
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1648
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1636
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1640
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1633
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1519
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1523
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1633
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1569
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1455
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1583
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1484
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1456
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1554
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1469
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1456
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1489
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1455
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1568
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1583
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1499
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1538
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1498
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1493
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1400
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1494
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1498
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1514
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1487