Hanover vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$892	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$179
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	63
😀 Quality of life	91	50
🏙️ Population	548K	14.9M

The cost of living in Hanover is 291% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 2608th and 8872nd ($1726 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 3rd in Germany and Pakistan, respectively. Check Germany vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 93rd and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Karachi

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	Hanover	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552