Hanover vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$891	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	82	73
😀 Quality of life	93	80
🏙️ Population	548K	7.01M

The cost of living in Hanover is 12% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2626th and 3418th ($1828 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th 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 1.5 months in Riyadh. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 112th and 759th 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	$17.4	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$9818

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463