Hanover vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$891	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$2644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	82	52
😀 Quality of life	93	89
🏙️ Population	548K	686K

The cost of living in Hanover is 78% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 2626th and 5380th ($1828 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 315th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 112th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Shizuoka

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	Hanover	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$19584

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068