Hanover vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$892	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	54
😀 Quality of life	91	66
🏙️ Population	548K	8.78M

The cost of living in Hanover is 168% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2608th and 7256th ($1726 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 118th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 93rd and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Quanzhou

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	Hanover	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936