Hanover vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$891	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	82	52
😀 Quality of life	93	72
🏙️ Population	548K	791K

The cost of living in Hanover is 82% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 2626th and 5515th ($1828 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 404th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.9 months in Niigata. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Niigata ranked 406th in Japan, while ranked 112th and 3269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Niigata

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	Hanover	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$14992

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001