Hanover vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$892	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$647
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	46
😀 Quality of life	91	55
🏙️ Population	548K	1.2M

The cost of living in Hanover is 141% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 2608th and 6811th ($1726 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 24th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 93rd and 5853rd 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	$15.6	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557