Hanover vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hanover	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$899	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$1488	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2841	$2566
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	71
😀 Quality of life	92	74
🏙️ Population	553K	7.01M

The cost of living in Hanover is 6% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2513th and 2922nd ($1744 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 1st in Germany and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Germany vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Hanover ranked 12th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 80th and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Riyadh

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	Hanover	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$793	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1013	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$323	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.5	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5001	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2903	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.4	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.07	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.49	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.38	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.9	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$384	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14972	$9649

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1610
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1602
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1599
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1601
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1599
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1546
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1552
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1517
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1563
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1563
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1552
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1573
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1439
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1516
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1521
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1495
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1381
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1487
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1347
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1391
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1488
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1363
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1301
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1355
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1383
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1492
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1493
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1369
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1487
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1400
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1431
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1270
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1393
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1428
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1380

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561