Abuja vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$374
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	38	56
😀 Quality of life	19	57
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.42M

The cost of living in Abuja is 113% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3416th and 6861st ($1502 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 25th in Nigeria and Brazil, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 8901st and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Salvador

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	Abuja	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677