Hanover vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$891	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$767
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	20
😀 Quality of life	93	46
🏙️ Population	548K	6.44M

The cost of living in Hanover is 181% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 2626th and 7433rd ($1828 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 112th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Shangrao

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	Hanover	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620