Buenos Aires vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$496	$647
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$915
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$84.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$81.5
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	78	36
😀 Quality of life	78	18
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.48M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 8% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 4856th and 5196th ($1139 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Argentina and Nigeria, respectively. Check Argentina vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Onitsha ranked 15th in Nigeria, while ranked 1059th and 9140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Onitsha

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	Buenos Aires	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$572
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$972
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$24.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$1061
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$6.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$0.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$2.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$1.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$1.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$110
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$8.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$8.54
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$1.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$1418

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$770
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$879
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$715
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$859
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$949
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$949
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$641
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$811
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$983
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$990
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$590
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$981
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1032
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$968
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$871
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$895
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$844
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$946
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$766
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$981
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$858
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$980
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$661
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1029
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$817
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$848
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$710
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$951
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$959
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$874
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$886
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$846
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$954
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$935
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$841
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$947
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$906
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$897

Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1774
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$563
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$961
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$632
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$674
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$926
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$664
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$644
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$397
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$778
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$705
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1514
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$849
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$752
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1413
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$665
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$526
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$755
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$664
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$698
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1102
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$852
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1363
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$793
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$810
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$793
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$393
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$646
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$598
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$652
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$781
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1241
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$671
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$835
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$699