Hanover vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hanover	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$899	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$1488	$938
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2841	$1539
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	52
😀 Quality of life	92	68
🏙️ Population	553K	791K

The cost of living in Hanover is 65% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 2513th and 4949th ($1744 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 172nd 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 1.5 months in Niigata. Hanover ranked 12th best city to live in Germany vs Niigata ranked 599th in Japan, while ranked 80th and 3500th 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	$15.2	$5.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$41.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$2.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$793	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1013	$653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$323	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.5	$32.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5001	$2812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2903	$2341
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$52.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.4	$24.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.07	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.49	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$5.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$3.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.38	$8.18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.9	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$21.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$1.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$51.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$38.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.8	$44.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$384	$83.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14972	$15169

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1610
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1602
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1599
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1601
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1599
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1546
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1552
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1517
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1563
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1563
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1552
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1573
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1439
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1516
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1521
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1495
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1381
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1487
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1347
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1391
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1488
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1363
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1301
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1355
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1383
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1492
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1493
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1369
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1487
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1400
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1431
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1270
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1393
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1428
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1380

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$991
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1002
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1004
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1009
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$997
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1018
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$999
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1071
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1013
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1049
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1060
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$988
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$965
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1072
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$977
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$966
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1086
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$961
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$956
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1050
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1006
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$957
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$952
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1032
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$943
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$988
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$944
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$939
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1013
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1015
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$957
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$961
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$958
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$986
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$942