Hanover vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$891	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	100
😀 Quality of life	93	77
🏙️ Population	548K	24.9M

The cost of living in Hanover is 62% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 2626th and 4879th ($1828 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 112th and 1383rd 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	$17.4	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$27624

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753