Hanover vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hanover	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$2103
🏠 One person rent	$899	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$1488	$788
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2841	$733
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	84	82
😀 Quality of life	92	66
🏙️ Population	553K	5.38M

The cost of living in Hanover is 115% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 2513th and 6353rd ($1744 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 3rd in Germany and Russia, respectively. Check Germany vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.9 months in Saint Petersburg. Hanover ranked 12th best city to live in Germany vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 80th and 4239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Saint Petersburg

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	Hanover	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.8	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$793	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$597	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1013	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$323	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.5	$5.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	11.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5001	$3262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2903	$1917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$36.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.4	$6.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.07	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.49	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.38	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.9	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.24	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.8	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$384	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14972	$6504

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$814
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$906
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1121
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1358
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1366
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1349
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1376
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1218
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$920
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1330
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1277
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$461
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1163
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1396
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1491
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1089
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1632
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1736
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1403
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1498
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$532
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1825
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1194
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1499
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1291
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1907
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1464
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1335
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$909
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1317
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1257
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1414
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1475
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1363
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$982
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1438