Adelaide vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Lagos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$946
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$490
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$59
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	50	48
😀 Quality of life	92	43
🏙️ Population	1.39M	15.1M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 149% more expensive than in Lagos. Cities ranked 1178th and 5960th ($2355 vs $946) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 4th in Australia and Nigeria, respectively. Check Australia vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.1 months in Lagos. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Lagos ranked 1st in Nigeria, while ranked 75th and 7444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Lagos

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	Adelaide	Lagos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$50
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$648
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$374
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1145
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$51.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	18.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$2563
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1609
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$30.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$3.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$3.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$2.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$0.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$1.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$26.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$1.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$15.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$54.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$2984

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Lagos

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 48 mi	Abeokuta	$995
87 km or 54 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
109 km or 68 mi	Cotonou	$830
120 km or 74 mi	Ibadan	$658
165 km or 102 mi	Oyo	$639
171 km or 106 mi	Ife	$670
176 km or 109 mi	Abomey	$596
195 km or 121 mi	Osogbo	$575
203 km or 126 mi	Save	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Akure	$488
239 km or 148 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Lome	$759
245 km or 152 mi	Benin	$627
254 km or 158 mi	Owo	$531
261 km or 162 mi	Ilorin	$518
278 km or 173 mi	Atakpame	$657
280 km or 174 mi	Warri	$786
310 km or 193 mi	Kpalime	$665
324 km or 201 mi	Ho	$500
332 km or 206 mi	Hohoe	$727
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$656
375 km or 233 mi	Onitsha	$795
376 km or 234 mi	Sokode	$656
388 km or 241 mi	Tema	$583
389 km or 242 mi	Ashaiman	$697
406 km or 252 mi	Awka	$693
407 km or 253 mi	Koforidua	$762
408 km or 253 mi	Accra	$927
416 km or 258 mi	Owerri	$1364
422 km or 262 mi	Kara	$661
441 km or 274 mi	Port Harcourt	$559
452 km or 281 mi	Enugu	$564
463 km or 288 mi	Umuahia	$773
463 km or 288 mi	Aba	$591
495 km or 307 mi	Minna	$692
536 km or 333 mi	Abuja	$1375
555 km or 345 mi	Kumasi	$606
562 km or 350 mi	Obuasi	$714
570 km or 354 mi	Calabar	$373
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$666