Hanover vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$891	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	82	96
😀 Quality of life	93	73
🏙️ Population	548K	13.3M

The cost of living in Hanover is 27% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 2626th and 4141st ($1828 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 1st in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 112th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Moscow

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	Hanover	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772