Abuja vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abuja	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1514	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3085	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$1149	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$2051	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.5	$3333
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	39	50
😀 Quality of life	22	92
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.02M

The cost of living in Abuja is 28% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 3914th and 1744th ($1514 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th in Nigeria and Canada, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Abuja compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 9057th and 129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Ottawa

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	Abuja	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1821	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$878	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3290	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.5	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.52%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1130	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.25	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.99	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.82	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.79	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.3	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1948	$15527

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822