Abuja vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abuja	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1514	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3085	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$1149	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2051	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.5	$1116
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	39	82
😀 Quality of life	22	71
🏙️ Population	1.69M	5.65M

The cost of living in Abuja is 56% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 3914th and 5813th ($1514 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Nigeria and Russia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Abuja compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 9057th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Saint Petersburg

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	Abuja	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1821	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$878	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3290	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.5	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.52%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1130	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.25	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.99	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.82	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.79	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.3	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1948	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566