Abuja vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$1970
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$397
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	38	27
😀 Quality of life	19	52
🏙️ Population	1.69M	3.15M

The cost of living in Abuja is 92% more expensive than in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Cities ranked 3416th and 6526th ($1502 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Nigeria and Bolivia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 0.5 months in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 8901st and 6116th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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	Abuja	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$54.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$1141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$4.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$5.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$2.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$4204

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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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Distance	City	Cost of living
258 km or 161 mi	Sucre	$666
304 km or 189 mi	Sacaba	$538
317 km or 197 mi	Cochabamba	$535
335 km or 208 mi	Potosi	$507
376 km or 233 mi	Trinidad	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Oruro	$600
446 km or 277 mi	Tarija	$630
528 km or 328 mi	Tartagal	$804
545 km or 339 mi	La Paz	$688
550 km or 342 mi	El Alto	$673
601 km or 373 mi	Corumba	$583
606 km or 377 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
617 km or 384 mi	Caceres	$643
650 km or 404 mi	Vilhena	$577
688 km or 428 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
691 km or 430 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
737 km or 458 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
744 km or 462 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
747 km or 464 mi	Tacna	$414
757 km or 470 mi	Arica	$748
758 km or 471 mi	Puno	$520
772 km or 480 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
779 km or 484 mi	Iquique	$923
779 km or 484 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
781 km or 485 mi	Juliaca	$547
789 km or 490 mi	Varzea Grande	$682
792 km or 492 mi	Calama	$673
795 km or 494 mi	Cuiaba	$725
811 km or 504 mi	Salta	$1121
863 km or 536 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
865 km or 537 mi	Concepcion	$521
876 km or 544 mi	Ariquemes	$575
900 km or 559 mi	Arequipa	$588
921 km or 573 mi	Rondonopolis	$546
941 km or 585 mi	Ponta Pora	$586
944 km or 587 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$502
949 km or 589 mi	Campo Grande	$588
992 km or 616 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
1001 km or 622 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1005 km or 625 mi	Dourados	$599