Hanover vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$892	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1906
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	82	94
😀 Quality of life	91	83
🏙️ Population	548K	1.86M

The cost of living in Hanover is 7% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2608th and 3022nd ($1726 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 2nd in Germany and Poland, respectively. Check Germany vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 93rd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Warsaw

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	Hanover	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385