Abuja vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abuja	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1514	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3085	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$1149	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$2051	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$240	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.1	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$98.5	$832
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	8
😀 Quality of life	22	63
🏙️ Population	1.69M	24.7K

The cost of living in Abuja is 4% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3914th and 3601st ($1514 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Nigeria and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Abuja compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 9057th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abuja vs Victoria

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	Abuja	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.8	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1821	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$878	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3290	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1607	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.1	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.3	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.5	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.52%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1130	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.25	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.52	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.11	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.99	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.99	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.82	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.79	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.3	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.6	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1948	$8213

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Cities near Abuja

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 74 mi	Minna	$852
163 km or 101 mi	Kaduna	$393
181 km or 113 mi	Jos	$810
225 km or 140 mi	Zaria	$652
291 km or 181 mi	Enugu	$563
293 km or 182 mi	Bauchi	$781
296 km or 184 mi	Owo	$664
297 km or 185 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
321 km or 199 mi	Awka	$878
323 km or 201 mi	Akure	$644
329 km or 204 mi	Ilorin	$526
331 km or 205 mi	Onitsha	$1051
346 km or 215 mi	Kano	$563
352 km or 219 mi	Osogbo	$705
357 km or 222 mi	Gusau	$638
367 km or 228 mi	Ife	$778
368 km or 229 mi	Benin	$632
392 km or 243 mi	Umuahia	$961
400 km or 249 mi	Owerri	$1774
414 km or 257 mi	Oyo	$664
434 km or 270 mi	Ibadan	$752
438 km or 272 mi	Katsina	$618
438 km or 272 mi	Warri	$926
438 km or 272 mi	Aba	$674
456 km or 283 mi	Bamenda	$698
466 km or 289 mi	Calabar	$397
482 km or 299 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
496 km or 308 mi	Maradi	$1131
503 km or 312 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
509 km or 316 mi	Sokoto	$466
513 km or 319 mi	Bafoussam	$793
536 km or 333 mi	Lagos	$1102
537 km or 334 mi	Kumba	$849
552 km or 343 mi	Zinder	$1131
562 km or 349 mi	Save	$646
574 km or 357 mi	Damaturu	$555
577 km or 358 mi	Buea	$665
592 km or 368 mi	Limbe	$755
606 km or 377 mi	Malabo	$1413
608 km or 378 mi	Douala	$1363

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420