Hanover vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$892	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$4315
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	82	100
😀 Quality of life	91	100
🏙️ Population	548K	4.84M

The cost of living in Hanover is 32% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 2608th and 745th ($1726 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 1st in Germany and Australia, respectively. Check Germany vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 93rd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Sydney

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	Hanover	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1669
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683