Hanover vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$892	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	82	24
😀 Quality of life	91	39
🏙️ Population	548K	6.56M

The cost of living in Hanover is 191% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2608th and 7740th ($1726 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 93rd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Shaoyang

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	Hanover	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600