Hamburg City vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamburg City	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2172	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5195	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$1961	$857
🍽️ Food expenses	$611	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$270	$64.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3668	$700
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	84	29
😀 Quality of life	95	57
🏙️ Population	1.91M	431K

The cost of living in Hamburg City is 121% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 1536th and 5698th ($2172 vs $985) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Germany and Namibia, respectively. Check Germany vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Hamburg City compared to 0.7 months in Windhoek. Hamburg City ranked 6th best city to live in Germany vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 41st and 6153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamburg City vs Windhoek

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	Hamburg City	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.1	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.78	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$2.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2245	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1554	$633
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$83.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$229	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.3	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.79%	11.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9266	$1315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6228	$718
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.19	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$46.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.9	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$6.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$6.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.9	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$5.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.7	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$8
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.6	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$225
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27074	$5380

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Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1624
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1602
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1649
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1559
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1611
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1558
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1635
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1588
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1610
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1666
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1537
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1566
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1743
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1601
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1572
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1585
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1640
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1589
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1527
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1678
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1488
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1589
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1579
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1527
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1543
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1796
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1785
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1515
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1536
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1564
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1421
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1591
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1623
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1429

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$904
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$924
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$927
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$948
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$857
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$819
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$807
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$607
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$637
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$637
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$668
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$833
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$536
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$577
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$861
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$514
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$653
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$587
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$606
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$875
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$762
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$984
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$890
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$984
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$719
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$975
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$892
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$684
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$826