Abuja vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abuja	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1514	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3085	$4896
🏠 One person rent	$1149	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$2051	$2149
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.5	$3956
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	39	66
😀 Quality of life	22	98
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.71M

The cost of living in Abuja is 27% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 3914th and 1813th ($1514 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Nigeria and Australia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Abuja compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 9057th and 9th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Brisbane

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	Abuja	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1821	$1514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$878	$1022
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3290	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$1816
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.5	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.52%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$8291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1130	$6020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.25	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$9.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$8.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.99	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.82	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$3.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.79	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.3	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$1795
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1948	$11423

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Cities near Abuja

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 74 mi	Minna	$852
163 km or 101 mi	Kaduna	$393
181 km or 113 mi	Jos	$810
225 km or 140 mi	Zaria	$652
291 km or 181 mi	Enugu	$563
293 km or 182 mi	Bauchi	$781
296 km or 184 mi	Owo	$664
297 km or 185 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
321 km or 199 mi	Awka	$878
323 km or 201 mi	Akure	$644
329 km or 204 mi	Ilorin	$526
331 km or 205 mi	Onitsha	$1051
346 km or 215 mi	Kano	$563
352 km or 219 mi	Osogbo	$705
357 km or 222 mi	Gusau	$638
367 km or 228 mi	Ife	$778
368 km or 229 mi	Benin	$632
392 km or 243 mi	Umuahia	$961
400 km or 249 mi	Owerri	$1774
414 km or 257 mi	Oyo	$664
434 km or 270 mi	Ibadan	$752
438 km or 272 mi	Katsina	$618
438 km or 272 mi	Warri	$926
438 km or 272 mi	Aba	$674
456 km or 283 mi	Bamenda	$698
466 km or 289 mi	Calabar	$397
482 km or 299 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
496 km or 308 mi	Maradi	$1131
503 km or 312 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
509 km or 316 mi	Sokoto	$466
513 km or 319 mi	Bafoussam	$793
536 km or 333 mi	Lagos	$1102
537 km or 334 mi	Kumba	$849
552 km or 343 mi	Zinder	$1131
562 km or 349 mi	Save	$646
574 km or 357 mi	Damaturu	$555
577 km or 358 mi	Buea	$665
592 km or 368 mi	Limbe	$755
606 km or 377 mi	Malabo	$1413
608 km or 378 mi	Douala	$1363

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736