Hanover vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$891	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	82	93
😀 Quality of life	93	69
🏙️ Population	548K	9.37M

The cost of living in Hanover is 184% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2626th and 7469th ($1828 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 101st in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 112th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Hefei

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	Hanover	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$9056

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663