Fort Worth vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Lagos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$3096
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$598
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$1649
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$162
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	82	47
😀 Quality of life	88	40
🏙️ Population	919K	15.1M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 106% more expensive than in Lagos. Cities ranked 1178th and 4761st ($2289 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd and 3rd in the United States and Nigeria, respectively. Check the United States vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Fort Worth compared to 0.1 months in Lagos. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Lagos ranked 1st in Nigeria, while ranked 210th and 6935th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Lagos

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	Fort Worth	Lagos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$49.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$8.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$2294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$1391
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$28.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$42.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$34.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	16.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$1797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$1310
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$5.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$3.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$4.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$1.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$1.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$1.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$0.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$2.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$22.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$83.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$2289

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

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