Hanover vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$892	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	92
😀 Quality of life	91	86
🏙️ Population	548K	2.75M

The cost of living in Hanover is 0.5% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 2608th and 2624th ($1726 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 2nd in Germany and Italy, respectively. Check Germany vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 93rd and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Rome

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	Hanover	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201