Hanover vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanover	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4329	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$953	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$550	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2988	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	100
😀 Quality of life	92	79
🏙️ Population	545K	24.9M

The cost of living in Hanover is 61% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2395th and 4780th ($1828 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 6th in Germany and China, respectively. Check Germany vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Hanover ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 83rd and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Shanghai

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	Hanover	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.7	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.05	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.04	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$644	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1643	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1158	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$315	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5131	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3015	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.8	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.7	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.62	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.7	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.6	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.8	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$402	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15505	$31401

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1689
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1686
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1670
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1678
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1675
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1634
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1623
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1600
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1648
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1636
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1640
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1633
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1519
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1523
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1633
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1569
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1455
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1583
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1484
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1456
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1554
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1469
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1456
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1489
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1455
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1568
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1583
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1499
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1538
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1498
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1493
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1400
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1494
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1498
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1514
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1487

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774