Buenos Aires vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Buenos Aires	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1247	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3037	$1621
🏠 One person rent	$555	$466
🏘️ Family rent	$961	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$463	$206
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$824	$75.2
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	79	37
😀 Quality of life	77	26
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.48M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 57% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 4647th and 6787th ($1247 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th 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 5th in Nigeria, while ranked 1053rd and 8900th 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	$17.5	$2.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.1	$18.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$4.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.85	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.15	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.05	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$397
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$729	$581
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.4	$18
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$27.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	42.38%	16.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$927
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.89	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.9	$1.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.71	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.4	$4.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$2.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.7	$78
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.2	$6.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$9.45
💇 Haircut, simple	$13	$2.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$14.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$44.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7057	$1896

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$859
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$955
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$788
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$929
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$970
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$914
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$1003
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$693
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$909
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$1020
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$1035
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$610
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$1001
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1082
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$979
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$920
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$928
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$872
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$998
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$853
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$1001
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$920
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$1008
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$733
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1048
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$927
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$920
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$784
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$984
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$977
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$939
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$948
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$923
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$972
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$961
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$923
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$959
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$948

Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$693
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1364
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$564
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$773
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$627
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$591
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$786
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$559
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$531
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$488
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$373
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$670
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$575
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1375
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$821
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$658
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1272
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$627
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$518
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$738
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$639
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$699
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$946
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$692
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$995
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1156
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$759
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$760
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$830
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$323
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$654
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$596
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$517
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$672
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1209
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$666
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$759
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$657