Hanover vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$892	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$2174
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	82	65
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	548K	1.25M

The cost of living in Hanover is 16% more expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 2608th and 3460th ($1726 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 7th in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Germany vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 93rd and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Sharjah

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	Hanover	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536