Hanover vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$892	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	82	61
😀 Quality of life	91	79
🏙️ Population	548K	605K

The cost of living in Hanover is 55% more expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 2608th and 4764th ($1726 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 2nd in Germany and Latvia, respectively. Check Germany vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 93rd and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Riga

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	Hanover	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$13840

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220