Hanover vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2659
🏠 One person rent	$892	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1646
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	82	42
😀 Quality of life	91	54
🏙️ Population	548K	2.43M

The cost of living in Hanover is 76% more expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 2608th and 5632nd ($1726 vs $979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 8th in Germany and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Germany vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.7 months in Mecca. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 93rd and 5982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Mecca

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	Hanover	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$4.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$7.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$59.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	4.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$1496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1212
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$3.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$103
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$4682

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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 Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507