Hanover vs Okayama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Okayama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$943
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$892	$349
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$642
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1425
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	69
😀 Quality of life	91	68
🏙️ Population	548K	720K

The cost of living in Hanover is 83% more expensive than in Okayama. Cities ranked 2608th and 5814th ($1726 vs $943) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 703rd 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 Okayama. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Okayama ranked 466th in Japan, while ranked 93rd and 3179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Okayama

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	Hanover	Okayama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$223
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$99.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$6597
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$3763
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$52.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$6.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$4.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$5.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$7.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$44.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$48.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$584
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$16248

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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 Okayama

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Akaiwa	$937
15 km or 9.4 mi	Kurashiki	$1078
16 km or 9.8 mi	Soja	$967
16 km or 10 mi	Setouchi	$949
18 km or 11 mi	Tamano	$949
27 km or 17 mi	Bizen	$985
32 km or 20 mi	Takahashi	$952
33 km or 21 mi	Asakuchi	$936
37 km or 23 mi	Sakaide	$932
41 km or 25 mi	Kasaoka	$896
42 km or 26 mi	Marugame	$946
42 km or 26 mi	Ibara	$900
43 km or 27 mi	Sanuki	$943
44 km or 28 mi	Takamatsu	$917
45 km or 28 mi	Ayagawa	$919
45 km or 28 mi	Tadotsu	$946
45 km or 28 mi	Ako	$1040
45 km or 28 mi	Mimasaka	$991
47 km or 29 mi	Miki	$911
48 km or 30 mi	Zentsuji	$948
50 km or 31 mi	Maniwa	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Aioi	$1057
54 km or 34 mi	Fukuyama	$883
55 km or 34 mi	Niimi	$949
56 km or 35 mi	Tsuyama	$978
59 km or 37 mi	Mitoyo	$964
61 km or 38 mi	Higashikagawa	$1187
62 km or 38 mi	Tatsuno	$1064
63 km or 39 mi	Kan'onji	$964
63 km or 39 mi	Fuchu	$882
64 km or 40 mi	Taishi	$1075
70 km or 43 mi	Shiso	$1042
70 km or 44 mi	Awa	$1165
70 km or 44 mi	Miyoshi	$990
70 km or 44 mi	Mima	$1100
70 km or 44 mi	Onomichi	$885
72 km or 45 mi	Himeji	$1181
77 km or 48 mi	Yoshinogawa	$1383
79 km or 49 mi	Aizumi	$1573
80 km or 50 mi	Ishii	$1545