Hanover vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$892	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$238
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	82	28
😀 Quality of life	91	46
🏙️ Population	548K	846K

The cost of living in Hanover is 312% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 2608th and 8918th ($1726 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Germany and Nepal, respectively. Check Germany vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 93rd and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Kathmandu

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	Hanover	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$3409

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361