Can Tho vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Can Tho	Lagos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$454	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1565	$3096
🏠 One person rent	$159	$598
🏘️ Family rent	$625	$1649
🍽️ Food expenses	$187	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$164	$162
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	18	47
😀 Quality of life	32	40
🏙️ Population	1.25M	15.1M

The cost of living in Can Tho is 59% less expensive than in Lagos. Cities ranked 8845th and 4761st ($454 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 3rd in Vietnam and Nigeria, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Can Tho compared to 0.1 months in Lagos. Can Tho ranked 17th best city to live in Vietnam vs Lagos ranked 1st in Nigeria, while ranked 7871st and 6935th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Can Tho 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/can-tho/lagos.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Can Tho vs Lagos infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/can-tho/lagos" target="_blank">Can Tho vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Can Tho vs Lagos

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

	Can Tho	Lagos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.58	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.6	$49.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.55	$8.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$0.99	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$787	$2294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$515	$1391
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.4	$28.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.3	$42.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.43	$34.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.55%	16.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2437	$1797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1306	$1310
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.37	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.21	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.06	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.4	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.91	$4.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$1.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$1.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$1.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$0.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.13	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.7	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.44	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.6	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.87	$2.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.7	$22.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$83.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7085	$2289

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Can Tho

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Sa Dec	$512
52 km or 33 mi	Soc Trang	$514
54 km or 34 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
74 km or 46 mi	Rach Gia	$526
84 km or 52 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
117 km or 73 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
117 km or 73 mi	Ca Mau	$516
127 km or 79 mi	Ho Chi Minh	$735
144 km or 90 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
152 km or 95 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
154 km or 96 mi	Vung Tau	$494
169 km or 105 mi	Prey Veng	$721
188 km or 117 mi	Kampot	$596
195 km or 121 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
201 km or 125 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
222 km or 138 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
259 km or 161 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
278 km or 173 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
291 km or 181 mi	Mui Ne	$507
359 km or 223 mi	Da Lat	$577
383 km or 238 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
388 km or 241 mi	Stung Treng	$634
389 km or 242 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
425 km or 264 mi	Siem Reap	$644
440 km or 273 mi	Ko Chang	$677
442 km or 275 mi	Battambang	$573
445 km or 277 mi	Nha Trang	$535
499 km or 310 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
544 km or 338 mi	Klaeng	$685
560 km or 348 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
583 km or 362 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
586 km or 364 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
599 km or 372 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
618 km or 384 mi	Nong Prue	$752
624 km or 388 mi	Pattaya	$781
624 km or 388 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
629 km or 391 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
635 km or 395 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
642 km or 399 mi	Ko Samui	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Ko Tao	$777

Cities near Lagos

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 48 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
87 km or 54 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
109 km or 68 mi	Cotonou	$709
120 km or 74 mi	Ibadan	$776
165 km or 102 mi	Oyo	$677
171 km or 106 mi	Ife	$779
176 km or 109 mi	Abomey	$590
195 km or 121 mi	Osogbo	$695
203 km or 126 mi	Save	$613
217 km or 135 mi	Akure	$634
239 km or 148 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
243 km or 151 mi	Lome	$755
245 km or 152 mi	Benin	$558
254 km or 158 mi	Owo	$651
261 km or 162 mi	Ilorin	$535
278 km or 173 mi	Atakpame	$647
280 km or 174 mi	Warri	$881
310 km or 193 mi	Kpalime	$632
324 km or 201 mi	Ho	$354
332 km or 206 mi	Hohoe	$575
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
375 km or 233 mi	Onitsha	$972
376 km or 234 mi	Sokode	$651
388 km or 241 mi	Tema	$553
389 km or 242 mi	Ashaiman	$560
406 km or 252 mi	Awka	$805
407 km or 253 mi	Koforidua	$588
408 km or 253 mi	Accra	$729
416 km or 258 mi	Owerri	$1611
422 km or 262 mi	Kara	$658
441 km or 274 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
452 km or 281 mi	Enugu	$462
463 km or 288 mi	Umuahia	$883
463 km or 288 mi	Aba	$621
495 km or 307 mi	Minna	$743
536 km or 333 mi	Abuja	$1502
555 km or 345 mi	Kumasi	$433
562 km or 350 mi	Obuasi	$551
570 km or 354 mi	Calabar	$384
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507