Hanover vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hanover	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$387
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4329	$1009
🏠 One person rent	$953	$122
🏘️ Family rent	$1621	$227
🍽️ Food expenses	$550	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$32.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2988	$570
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	84	5
😀 Quality of life	92	50
🏙️ Population	545K	115K

The cost of living in Hanover is 373% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 2395th and 9013th ($1828 vs $387) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 2nd in Germany and Bhutan, respectively. Check Germany vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.5 months in Thimphu. Hanover ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 83rd and 6232nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Thimphu

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	Hanover	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.7	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.05	$6.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$1.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.04	$0.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$644	$65.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1643	$222
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1158	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$13.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$315	$21.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.98%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5131	$625
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3015	$869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.56	$1.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.8	$4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.7	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.44	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$3.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$3.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$4.33
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.62	$3.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.76	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.7	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$3.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.6	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.8	$32.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$402	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15505	$691

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1689
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1686
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1670
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1678
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1675
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1634
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1623
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1600
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1648
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1636
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1640
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1633
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1629
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1519
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1523
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1633
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1569
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1455
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1583
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1484
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1456
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1554
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1469
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1456
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1489
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1455
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1568
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1583
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1499
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1538
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1498
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1546
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1493
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1400
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1494
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1498
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1514
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1487

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$455
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$314
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$293
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$930
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$331
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$312
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$370
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$339
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$359
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$311
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$997
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$303
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$282
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$390
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$311
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$256
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$297
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$279
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$296
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$321
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$309
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$271
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$443
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$428
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$380
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$301
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$311
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$294
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$335
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$290
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$307
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$356
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$288
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$273
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$284