Hanover vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$892	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	82	93
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	548K	1.38M

The cost of living in Hanover is 14% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 2608th and 3363rd ($1726 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th 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 1.2 months in Prague. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 93rd and 285th 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	$15.6	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120