Hanover vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$892	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$245
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	82	76
😀 Quality of life	91	55
🏙️ Population	548K	1.59M

The cost of living in Hanover is 134% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 2608th and 6734th ($1726 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 5th in Germany and Iran, respectively. Check Germany vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 93rd and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Karaj

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	Hanover	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$823

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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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554