Hanover vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$892	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$2528
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	82	52
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	548K	686K

The cost of living in Hanover is 85% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 2608th and 5882nd ($1726 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 732nd 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 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 93rd and 271st 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	$15.6	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$8368

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083