Hanover vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hanover	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1829	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4506	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$908	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$1559	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3206	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	83	93
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	548K	1.4M

The cost of living in Hanover is 4% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2689th and 2377th ($1829 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 70th and 1st 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 1.8 months in Hanover compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Hanover ranked 13th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 82nd and 244th 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	$17.3	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$886	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$689	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1227	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4553	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3475	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.18	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.04	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$107	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$629	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21676	$19039

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340