Cape Town vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cape Town	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2628	$2173
🏠 One person rent	$603	$648
🏘️ Family rent	$1117	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1545	$101
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	55	36
😀 Quality of life	59	12
🏙️ Population	3.78M	1.48M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 8% more expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 4849th and 5406th ($1120 vs $1036) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in South Africa and Nigeria, respectively. Check South Africa vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Cape Town compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Cape Town ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Onitsha ranked 15th in Nigeria, while ranked 5407th and 9136th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Cape Town vs Onitsha 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/cape-town/onitsha.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cape Town vs Onitsha infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cape-town/onitsha" target="_blank">Cape Town vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cape Town vs Onitsha

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

	Cape Town	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.8	$3.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$705	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1367	$1975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$889	$727
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$24.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.3	$36.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	17.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1902	$592
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1292	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.91	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$6.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$6.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$2.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$1.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.24	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$1.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$0.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$105
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.5	$7.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$7.55
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$1.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$56.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$210
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4270	$1688

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790

Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$846
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1686
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$469
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$906
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$537
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$638
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$886
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$651
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$658
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$635
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$374
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$774
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$704
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1262
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$933
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$759
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$812
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$655
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$526
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$710
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$699
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$714
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1133
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$787
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1368
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$794
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$757
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$755
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$377
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$644
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$617
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$621
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$735
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1201
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$764
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$711
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$655