Hanover vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$891	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$2002
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	82	100
😀 Quality of life	93	81
🏙️ Population	548K	594K

The cost of living in Hanover is 78% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 2626th and 5371st ($1828 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 306th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 2 months in Kawaguchi. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 112th and 694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Kawaguchi

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	Hanover	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$15648

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066