Hanover vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$891	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	92
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	548K	9.21M

The cost of living in Hanover is 37% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 2626th and 4418th ($1828 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 5th 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 0.7 months in Mexico City. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 112th and 3317th 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	$17.4	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$11015

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030