Hanover vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$892	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	82	99
😀 Quality of life	91	95
🏙️ Population	548K	2.15M

The cost of living in Hanover is 24% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2608th and 1222nd ($1726 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Germany and France, respectively. Check Germany vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 93rd and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Paris

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	Hanover	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293