Hanover vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$892	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$252
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	82	1
😀 Quality of life	91	22
🏙️ Population	548K	65.5K

The cost of living in Hanover is 92% more expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 2608th and 6047th ($1726 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 2nd in Germany and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Germany vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 93rd and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Sao Tome

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	Hanover	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$3685

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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 Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590