Hanover vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$892	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	82	24
😀 Quality of life	91	38
🏙️ Population	548K	7.82M

The cost of living in Hanover is 134% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 2608th and 6735th ($1726 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 43rd 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 months in Shangqiu. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 93rd and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Shangqiu

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	Hanover	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529