Auckland vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Auckland	Lagos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2205	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5084	$2969
🏠 One person rent	$1242	$607
🏘️ Family rent	$2127	$1499
🍽️ Food expenses	$570	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$257	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3546	$180
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	32	46
😀 Quality of life	90	41
🏙️ Population	1.47M	15.1M

The cost of living in Auckland is 95% more expensive than in Lagos. Cities ranked 1357th and 4791st ($2205 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in New Zealand and Nigeria, respectively. Check New Zealand vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Auckland compared to 0.2 months in Lagos. Auckland ranked 1st best city to live in New Zealand vs Lagos ranked 1st in Nigeria, while ranked 150th and 6804th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Auckland vs Lagos infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/auckland/lagos.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Auckland vs Lagos infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/auckland/lagos" target="_blank">Auckland vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Auckland vs Lagos

Prices for goods and services in Auckland and Lagos are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Auckland	Lagos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.6	$45.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.73	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1212	$810
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1074	$476
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2370	$2211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1834	$1225
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.3	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$37.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$39.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.82%	16.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8724	$1328
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7526	$253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.73	$0.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$36.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$2.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.18	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.09	$5.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$3.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$2.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$6.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.72	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$1.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$1.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$1.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.7	$0.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$0.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$6.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.9	$9.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$2.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$82	$21.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$77.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$82
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15290	$2307

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Auckland

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Waitakere	$1848
17 km or 11 mi	Manukau	$1939
28 km or 18 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
40 km or 25 mi	Pukekohe	$1634
113 km or 70 mi	Hamilton	$1671
132 km or 82 mi	Whangarei	$1531
154 km or 96 mi	Tauranga	$1791
193 km or 120 mi	Rotorua	$1274
234 km or 146 mi	Taupo	$1569
253 km or 157 mi	New Plymouth	$1447
344 km or 214 mi	Whanganui	$1573
347 km or 216 mi	Napier	$1403
348 km or 217 mi	Gisborne	$1654
359 km or 223 mi	Hastings	$1205
396 km or 246 mi	Palmerston North	$1318
453 km or 281 mi	Paraparaumu	$1729
464 km or 288 mi	Masterton	$1334
476 km or 296 mi	Porirua	$1844
477 km or 296 mi	Upper Hutt	$1784
486 km or 302 mi	Lower Hutt	$1866
494 km or 307 mi	Wellington	$2235
512 km or 318 mi	Nelson	$1640
524 km or 326 mi	Blenheim	$1406
765 km or 475 mi	Christchurch	$1981
891 km or 553 mi	Timaru	$1879
995 km or 618 mi	Wanaka	$1916
1044 km or 649 mi	Queenstown	$1928
1064 km or 661 mi	Dunedin	$1463
1190 km or 740 mi	Invercargill	$1359
1809 km or 1124 mi	Noumea	$1755
1821 km or 1131 mi	Dumbea	$1700
1826 km or 1135 mi	Paita	$1693
1997 km or 1241 mi	Mua	$961
1997 km or 1241 mi	Nukualofa	$963
2097 km or 1303 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2112 km or 1312 mi	Suva	$921
2120 km or 1317 mi	Nasinu	$898
2129 km or 1323 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2134 km or 1326 mi	Nadi	$901
2140 km or 1330 mi	Newcastle	$1833

Cities near Lagos

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 48 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
87 km or 54 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
109 km or 68 mi	Cotonou	$755
120 km or 74 mi	Ibadan	$759
165 km or 102 mi	Oyo	$699
171 km or 106 mi	Ife	$774
176 km or 109 mi	Abomey	$617
195 km or 121 mi	Osogbo	$704
203 km or 126 mi	Save	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Akure	$635
239 km or 148 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
243 km or 151 mi	Lome	$711
245 km or 152 mi	Benin	$537
254 km or 158 mi	Owo	$658
261 km or 162 mi	Ilorin	$526
278 km or 173 mi	Atakpame	$655
280 km or 174 mi	Warri	$886
310 km or 193 mi	Kpalime	$656
324 km or 201 mi	Ho	$345
332 km or 206 mi	Hohoe	$570
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$652
375 km or 233 mi	Onitsha	$1036
376 km or 234 mi	Sokode	$652
388 km or 241 mi	Tema	$368
389 km or 242 mi	Ashaiman	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Awka	$846
407 km or 253 mi	Koforidua	$585
408 km or 253 mi	Accra	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Owerri	$1686
422 km or 262 mi	Kara	$656
441 km or 274 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
452 km or 281 mi	Enugu	$469
463 km or 288 mi	Umuahia	$906
463 km or 288 mi	Aba	$638
495 km or 307 mi	Minna	$787
536 km or 333 mi	Abuja	$1262
555 km or 345 mi	Kumasi	$412
562 km or 350 mi	Obuasi	$546
570 km or 354 mi	Calabar	$374
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$492