Brisbane vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	82
😀 Quality of life	97	91
🏙️ Population	2.71M	548K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 17% more expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 1792nd and 2608th ($2016 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 35th in Australia and Germany, respectively. Check Australia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 7th and 93rd 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	$13.3	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$26877

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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