Hanover vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$892	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	92
😀 Quality of life	91	67
🏙️ Population	548K	9.21M

The cost of living in Hanover is 49% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2608th and 4604th ($1726 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 7th in Germany and Mexico, respectively. Check Germany vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 93rd and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Mexico City

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	Hanover	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804