Hanover vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanover	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4329	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$953	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$550	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2988	$2861
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	71
😀 Quality of life	92	77
🏙️ Population	545K	7.01M

The cost of living in Hanover is 15% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2395th and 3292nd ($1828 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th 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 1.8 months in Riyadh. Hanover ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 83rd and 796th 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	$14.6	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.7	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.05	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.04	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$644	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1643	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1158	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$315	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5131	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3015	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.8	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.7	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.62	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.7	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.6	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$402	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15505	$10359

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1689
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1686
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1670
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1678
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1675
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1634
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1623
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1600
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1648
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1636
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1640
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1633
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1519
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1523
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1633
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1569
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1455
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1583
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1484
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1456
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1554
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1469
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1456
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1489
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1455
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1568
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1583
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1499
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1538
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1498
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1493
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1400
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1494
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1498
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1514
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1487

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489