Hanover vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$891	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	82	93
😀 Quality of life	93	89
🏙️ Population	548K	1.4M

The cost of living in Hanover is 3% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2626th and 2821st ($1828 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 2nd in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 112th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Prague

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	Hanover	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$15329

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284