Hanover vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$892	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1530
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	82	52
😀 Quality of life	91	67
🏙️ Population	548K	791K

The cost of living in Hanover is 63% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 2608th and 5101st ($1726 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 306th 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 1.4 months in Niigata. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 93rd and 3754th 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	$15.6	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$15118

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1004
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1011
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1018
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1029
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1047
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1024
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1095
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1034
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1076
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1066
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1092
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1035
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$997
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1096
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1050
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1112
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$986
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1069
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1029
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$978
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$980
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1047
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1082
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1008
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$973
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1016
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1038
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1042
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$983
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$985
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1065
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1052