Abuja vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$2831
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	38	87
😀 Quality of life	19	90
🏙️ Population	1.69M	518K

The cost of living in Abuja is 15% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 3416th and 2490th ($1502 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 147th in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8901st and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Sheffield

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	Abuja	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750