Hanover vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$738
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2249
🏠 One person rent	$892	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	37
😀 Quality of life	91	49
🏙️ Population	548K	2.47M

The cost of living in Hanover is 134% more expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 2608th and 6726th ($1726 vs $738) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 6th in Germany and Zambia, respectively. Check Germany vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 93rd and 6269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Lusaka

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	Hanover	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$6.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$27
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$3.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$60.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$125
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	21.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$4875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$4.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$6.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$2.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$9642

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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 Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$700
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$541
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$917
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1018
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$875
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$723
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$688
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$992
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$730
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$794
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$776
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$597
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$961
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$766
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$825
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$854
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$975
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$752
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$624
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$748
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$947
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$492
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$566
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$507
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$457
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$493
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$525
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$540
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1003
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$461
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$675