Hanover vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2508
🏠 One person rent	$892	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$574
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	82	44
😀 Quality of life	91	58
🏙️ Population	548K	1.13M

The cost of living in Hanover is 86% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 2608th and 5898th ($1726 vs $928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 3rd in Germany and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Germany vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.6 months in Santo Domingo. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 93rd and 5536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Santo Domingo

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	Hanover	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$8.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$6.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	12.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$1524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$66.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$7607

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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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$812
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$784
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$695
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$707
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$645
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$545
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$750
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$733
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$656
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$510
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$692
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$773
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$724
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$561
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$735
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$707
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$784
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$774
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$961
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$751
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$724
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$715
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$520
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$527
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1221
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1264
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1145
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1429
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1546
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1538
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1457
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$521