Hanover vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$892	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1383
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	82	72
😀 Quality of life	91	57
🏙️ Population	548K	4.43M

The cost of living in Hanover is 74% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 2608th and 5539th ($1726 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 4th in Germany and South Africa, respectively. Check Germany vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 93rd and 5667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Johannesburg

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	Hanover	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$5271

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003