Abuja vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Abuja	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1262	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3168	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$953	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$2270	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.7	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$437
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	37	56
😀 Quality of life	19	58
🏙️ Population	1.57M	2.42M

The cost of living in Abuja is 70% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4418th and 6712th ($1262 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 23rd 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 0.6 months in Salvador. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 8886th and 5558th 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	$2.91	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.7	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.49	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.32	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1599	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$736	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3692	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1850	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.8	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.7	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1394	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1120	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.01	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.55	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.43	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.88	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.73	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.33	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.55	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.21	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.58	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.6	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1984	$10964

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Cities near Abuja

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 74 mi	Minna	$787
163 km or 101 mi	Kaduna	$377
181 km or 113 mi	Jos	$757
225 km or 140 mi	Zaria	$621
291 km or 181 mi	Enugu	$469
293 km or 182 mi	Bauchi	$735
296 km or 184 mi	Owo	$658
297 km or 185 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Awka	$846
323 km or 201 mi	Akure	$635
329 km or 204 mi	Ilorin	$526
331 km or 205 mi	Onitsha	$1036
346 km or 215 mi	Kano	$583
352 km or 219 mi	Osogbo	$704
357 km or 222 mi	Gusau	$605
367 km or 228 mi	Ife	$774
368 km or 229 mi	Benin	$537
392 km or 243 mi	Umuahia	$906
400 km or 249 mi	Owerri	$1686
414 km or 257 mi	Oyo	$699
434 km or 270 mi	Ibadan	$759
438 km or 272 mi	Katsina	$596
438 km or 272 mi	Warri	$886
438 km or 272 mi	Aba	$638
456 km or 283 mi	Bamenda	$714
466 km or 289 mi	Calabar	$374
482 km or 299 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
496 km or 308 mi	Maradi	$1042
503 km or 312 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
509 km or 316 mi	Sokoto	$453
513 km or 319 mi	Bafoussam	$794
536 km or 333 mi	Lagos	$1133
537 km or 334 mi	Kumba	$933
552 km or 343 mi	Zinder	$1037
562 km or 349 mi	Save	$644
574 km or 357 mi	Damaturu	$545
577 km or 358 mi	Buea	$655
592 km or 368 mi	Limbe	$710
606 km or 377 mi	Malabo	$812
608 km or 378 mi	Douala	$1368

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610