Hanover vs Kobe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Kobe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1107
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2821
🏠 One person rent	$892	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$848
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	91
😀 Quality of life	91	78
🏙️ Population	548K	1.52M

The cost of living in Hanover is 56% more expensive than in Kobe. Cities ranked 2608th and 4793rd ($1726 vs $1107) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 127th 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 1.5 months in Kobe. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Kobe ranked 31st in Japan, while ranked 93rd and 674th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Kobe

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	Hanover	Kobe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$86.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	1.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$4362
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$3074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$71.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$31.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$9.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$5.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$16179

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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 Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079