Hanover vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanover	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1829	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4506	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$908	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1559	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	83	48
😀 Quality of life	92	63
🏙️ Population	548K	1.2M

The cost of living in Hanover is 74% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2689th and 5192nd ($1829 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 70th and 14th in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Hanover compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hanover ranked 13th best city to live in Germany vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 82nd and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Hanover	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$886	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1227	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4553	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3475	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.18	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.04	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$629	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21676	$5021

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1697
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1694
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1691
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1693
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1685
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1664
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1655
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1639
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1631
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1661
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1661
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1655
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1649
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1648
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1558
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1547
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1614
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1487
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1596
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1547
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1538
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1596
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1508
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1520
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1549
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1529
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1567
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1563
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1585
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1590
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1430
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1420
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1596
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1565
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1567
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1571

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873