Abuja vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abuja	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1514	$2222
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3085	$5199
🏠 One person rent	$1149	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$2051	$2330
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$621
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.5	$3953
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	56
😀 Quality of life	22	89
🏙️ Population	1.69M	950K

The cost of living in Abuja is 32% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 3914th and 1415th ($1514 vs $2222) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1218th 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 0.1 months in Abuja compared to 1.8 months in Jacksonville. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Jacksonville ranked 88th in the United States, while ranked 9057th and 278th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Jacksonville

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	Abuja	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$6.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$5.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1821	$1437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$878	$1090
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3290	$2539
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$1973
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.5	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.52%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1130	$2396
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$65.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.25	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$4.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$3.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$8.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.99	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.82	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$3.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.79	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.3	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$1315
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1948	$11123

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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 Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2193
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2192
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2104
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2107
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2161
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2335
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2099
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2190
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1919
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2160
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2282
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2247
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2358
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2294
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2335
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1482
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2152
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2255
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2304
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2336
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2351
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2320
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2378
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2357
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2317
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2433
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2473
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2220
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2057
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2290
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2664
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2579
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1806