Abuja vs Birmingham - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Birmingham
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$1951
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$4641
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$1137
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$1834
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$3011
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	38	96
😀 Quality of life	19	94
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.14M

The cost of living in Abuja is 23% less expensive than in Birmingham. Cities ranked 3416th and 1973rd ($1502 vs $1951) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 86th in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 1.5 months in Birmingham. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Birmingham ranked 4th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8901st and 35th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Birmingham

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	Abuja	Birmingham
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$8.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$1083
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$872
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$2013
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$1380
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$187
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	5.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$4882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$3808
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$78.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$3.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$18.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$82.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$1512
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$18058

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Cities near Abuja

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 74 mi	Minna	$743
163 km or 101 mi	Kaduna	$371
181 km or 113 mi	Jos	$820
225 km or 140 mi	Zaria	$526
291 km or 181 mi	Enugu	$462
293 km or 182 mi	Bauchi	$759
296 km or 184 mi	Owo	$651
297 km or 185 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
321 km or 199 mi	Awka	$805
323 km or 201 mi	Akure	$634
329 km or 204 mi	Ilorin	$535
331 km or 205 mi	Onitsha	$972
346 km or 215 mi	Kano	$553
352 km or 219 mi	Osogbo	$695
357 km or 222 mi	Gusau	$587
367 km or 228 mi	Ife	$779
368 km or 229 mi	Benin	$558
392 km or 243 mi	Umuahia	$883
400 km or 249 mi	Owerri	$1611
414 km or 257 mi	Oyo	$677
434 km or 270 mi	Ibadan	$776
438 km or 272 mi	Katsina	$579
438 km or 272 mi	Warri	$881
438 km or 272 mi	Aba	$621
456 km or 283 mi	Bamenda	$553
466 km or 289 mi	Calabar	$384
482 km or 299 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
496 km or 308 mi	Maradi	$972
503 km or 312 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
509 km or 316 mi	Sokoto	$426
513 km or 319 mi	Bafoussam	$555
536 km or 333 mi	Lagos	$1113
537 km or 334 mi	Kumba	$764
552 km or 343 mi	Zinder	$974
562 km or 349 mi	Save	$613
574 km or 357 mi	Damaturu	$553
577 km or 358 mi	Buea	$601
592 km or 368 mi	Limbe	$655
606 km or 377 mi	Malabo	$741
608 km or 378 mi	Douala	$1265

Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748