Abuja vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abuja	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$288	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$561	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$165	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$217	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$83.8	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$20.9	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$143	$818
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	37	8
😀 Quality of life	21	59
🏙️ Population	1.57M	24.7K

The cost of living in Abuja is 82% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 9247th and 3034th ($288 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th 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 0.5 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 8926th and 5511th 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	$1.42	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$4.27	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$1.6	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.33	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$0.74	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.18	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$195	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$275	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$183	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.95	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.2	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$3.86	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.31%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$568	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$319	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.25	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.94	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.41	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.1	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.59	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.58	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.56	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.87	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.91	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.75	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.34	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.54	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$8.83	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.24	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.79	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.63	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.1	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$26.9	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$717	$8062

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Cities near Abuja

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 74 mi	Minna	$313
163 km or 101 mi	Kaduna	$210
181 km or 113 mi	Jos	$269
225 km or 140 mi	Zaria	$265
291 km or 181 mi	Enugu	$290
293 km or 182 mi	Bauchi	$272
296 km or 184 mi	Owo	$272
297 km or 185 mi	Ado Ekiti	$247
321 km or 199 mi	Awka	$325
323 km or 201 mi	Akure	$243
329 km or 204 mi	Ilorin	$314
331 km or 205 mi	Onitsha	$354
346 km or 215 mi	Kano	$210
352 km or 219 mi	Osogbo	$310
357 km or 222 mi	Gusau	$249
367 km or 228 mi	Ife	$250
368 km or 229 mi	Benin	$315
392 km or 243 mi	Umuahia	$330
400 km or 249 mi	Owerri	$507
414 km or 257 mi	Oyo	$407
434 km or 270 mi	Ibadan	$262
438 km or 272 mi	Katsina	$233
438 km or 272 mi	Warri	$351
438 km or 272 mi	Aba	$233
456 km or 283 mi	Bamenda	$436
466 km or 289 mi	Calabar	$237
482 km or 299 mi	Port Harcourt	$327
496 km or 308 mi	Maradi	$978
503 km or 312 mi	Abeokuta	$826
509 km or 316 mi	Sokoto	$219
513 km or 319 mi	Bafoussam	$761
536 km or 333 mi	Lagos	$448
537 km or 334 mi	Kumba	$860
552 km or 343 mi	Zinder	$976
562 km or 349 mi	Save	$676
574 km or 357 mi	Damaturu	$241
577 km or 358 mi	Buea	$587
592 km or 368 mi	Limbe	$683
606 km or 377 mi	Malabo	$990
608 km or 378 mi	Douala	$1300

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524