Abuja vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$2077
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$4598
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$1942
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$3168
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	38	53
😀 Quality of life	19	90
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.31M

The cost of living in Abuja is 28% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 3416th and 1646th ($1502 vs $2077) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 23rd in Nigeria and Canada, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Calgary ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 8901st and 153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Calgary

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	Abuja	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$60.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$2053
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$3283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$841
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$16603

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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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871