Abuja vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$4485
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	38	68
😀 Quality of life	19	88
🏙️ Population	1.69M	875K

The cost of living in Abuja is 41% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 3416th and 761st ($1502 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 705th in Nigeria and the United States, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 8901st and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Charlotte

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	Abuja	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$25956

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888