Hanover vs Kinshasa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Kinshasa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1120
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$3075
🏠 One person rent	$892	$578
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	82	31
😀 Quality of life	91	40
🏙️ Population	548K	14.6M

The cost of living in Hanover is 54% more expensive than in Kinshasa. Cities ranked 2608th and 4732nd ($1726 vs $1120) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Germany and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Germany vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.9 months in Kinshasa. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Kinshasa ranked 1st in the DR Congo, while ranked 93rd and 6909th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Kinshasa

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	Hanover	Kinshasa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$919
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$304
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1898
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$1189
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	13.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$6139
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$726
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$63.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$3.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$1.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$2.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$8.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$44.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$5.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$24.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$4674

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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 Kinshasa

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	Brazzaville	$580
61 km or 38 mi	Kinkala	$520
114 km or 71 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
197 km or 122 mi	Madingou	$519
225 km or 140 mi	Kayes	$523
260 km or 162 mi	Gamboma	$522
261 km or 162 mi	Matadi	$844
302 km or 188 mi	Boma	$821
371 km or 230 mi	Cabinda	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
396 km or 246 mi	Kikwit	$876
421 km or 262 mi	N'zeto	$788
460 km or 286 mi	Ambriz	$863
551 km or 343 mi	Luanda	$1012
590 km or 366 mi	Mbandaka	$850
650 km or 404 mi	Tshikapa	$934
809 km or 503 mi	Kananga	$976
829 km or 515 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
836 km or 520 mi	Libreville	$668
914 km or 568 mi	Lobito	$645
924 km or 574 mi	Bata	$1121
937 km or 582 mi	Benguela	$671
938 km or 583 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
939 km or 584 mi	Huambo	$577
948 km or 589 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
958 km or 595 mi	Berberati	$482
971 km or 603 mi	Luena	$634
977 km or 607 mi	Gemena	$767
995 km or 618 mi	Gandajika	$828
1004 km or 624 mi	Yaounde	$747
1033 km or 642 mi	Bangui	$513
1075 km or 668 mi	Bumba	$806
1085 km or 674 mi	Sao Tome	$900
1090 km or 677 mi	Trindade	$900
1121 km or 697 mi	Douala	$1265
1149 km or 714 mi	Limbe	$655
1156 km or 718 mi	Malabo	$741
1162 km or 722 mi	Buea	$601
1187 km or 737 mi	Kindu	$746
1191 km or 740 mi	Kumba	$764