Abuja vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$5531
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	38	87
😀 Quality of life	19	91
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.39M

The cost of living in Abuja is 56% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 3416th and 36th ($1502 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd 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 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 8901st and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs San Diego

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	Abuja	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759