Buenos Aires vs Owerri - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Owerri
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1139	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2758	$2151
🏠 One person rent	$496	$1475
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$1281
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.9	$54.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$797	$67.7
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	78	42
😀 Quality of life	78	17
🏙️ Population	3.12M	908K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 36% less expensive than in Owerri. Cities ranked 4856th and 2835th ($1139 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 months in Owerri. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Owerri ranked 17th in Nigeria, while ranked 1059th and 9159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Owerri

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	Buenos Aires	Owerri
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$5.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53	$14.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.64	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$1679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$820
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$669	$1328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.4	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$37.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.1	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	36.41%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2703	$611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1993	$1052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$8.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.1	$0.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$0.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.92	$9.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.44	$1.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.96	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.1	$8.08
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.51	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$9.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$1.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$108	$14.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$34.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5464	$1311

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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 Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$961
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$1051
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$563
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$926
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$397
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$632
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$664
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$1413
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$644
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$849
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$665
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$755
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1363
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$698
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$778
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$705
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$793
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1514
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$752
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1102
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$664
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$526
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$852
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1241
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$793
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$671
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$810
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$393
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$646
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$1044
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$598
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$781
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$652