Hanover vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$1632
🏠 One person rent	$891	$221
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$345
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	82	11
😀 Quality of life	93	17
🏙️ Population	548K	760K

The cost of living in Hanover is 164% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 2626th and 7132nd ($1828 vs $694) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 3rd in Germany and Somalia, respectively. Check Germany vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.5 months in Hargeisa. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Hargeisa ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 112th and 9161st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Hargeisa

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	Hanover	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$5.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$3.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$232
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	20.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$3786
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$8606
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$2.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$4.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$3.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$14.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$46.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$26.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$31.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$545

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$502
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1169
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1175
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$586
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$559
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$560
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$517
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$522
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$512
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1039
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$499
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$500
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$498
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$560
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$826
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$1031
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$724
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$500
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1016
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$498
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$802
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$499
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$715
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$533
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$860
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$500
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$911
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$971
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$903
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$918
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$549