Hanover vs Jakarta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Jakarta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1926
🏠 One person rent	$892	$343
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$832
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$548
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	80
😀 Quality of life	91	65
🏙️ Population	548K	10.6M

The cost of living in Hanover is 146% more expensive than in Jakarta. Cities ranked 2608th and 6882nd ($1726 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 4th in Germany and Indonesia, respectively. Check Germany vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.8 months in Jakarta. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Jakarta ranked 1st in Indonesia, while ranked 93rd and 4292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Jakarta

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	Hanover	Jakarta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$18.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$369
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$220
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1133
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$594
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$66.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$26.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	9.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$1724
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$799
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$7.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$21.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$1.63
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$3.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$84.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$8860

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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

Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$536
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$518
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$385
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$558
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$513
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$492
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$563
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$488
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$500
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$545
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$521
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$432
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$490
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$480
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$474
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$471
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$493
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$421
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$417
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$395
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$417
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$486
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$500
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$464
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$453
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$458
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$505
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$410
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$549
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$365
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$510
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$614
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$427
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$430
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506