Hanover vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$892	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	82	72
😀 Quality of life	91	90
🏙️ Population	548K	1.06M

The cost of living in Hanover is 64% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2608th and 5132nd ($1726 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 324th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 93rd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Sendai

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	Hanover	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$5986

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034