Hanover vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$3082
🏠 One person rent	$891	$629
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$1103
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$92.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$1061
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	82	70
😀 Quality of life	93	78
🏙️ Population	548K	1.4M

The cost of living in Hanover is 47% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 2626th and 4611th ($1828 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 1st in Germany and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Germany vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.9 months in Sofia. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 112th and 1070th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Sofia

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	Hanover	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$9.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$2.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$1.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$661
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$1209
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$147
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	3.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$3978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$2572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$9.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$8.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$659
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$9717

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$730
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$766
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$707
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$854
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$776
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$836
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$819
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$575
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$642
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$668
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$702
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$670
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$643
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$572
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$849
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$655
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$1080
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$964
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$909
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$557
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$678
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$720
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$592
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$675
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$996
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$692
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$1048
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1091
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1225
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$918
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$591
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$1013
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$667
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$777