Abuja vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abuja	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3792	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$1135	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$2756	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$277	$861
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	38	8
😀 Quality of life	19	59
🏙️ Population	1.69M	24.7K

The cost of living in Abuja is 0.4% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 3416th and 3454th ($1502 vs $1495) 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 0.2 months in Abuja compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Abuja ranked 4th best city to live in Nigeria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8901st and 5404th 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	$3.45	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.53	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4523	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2198	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.42%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1406	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1124	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.14	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.11	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.5	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.97	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.81	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.74	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.5	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1951	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408