Ibadan vs Indianapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ibadan	Indianapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$776	$2189
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2284	$5318
🏠 One person rent	$422	$1304
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$2170
🍽️ Food expenses	$221	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.1	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$115	$4608
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	48	71
😀 Quality of life	33	89
🏙️ Population	2.55M	888K

The cost of living in Ibadan is 65% less expensive than in Indianapolis. Cities ranked 6541st and 1378th ($776 vs $2189) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1239th in Nigeria and the United States, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ibadan compared to 2.1 months in Indianapolis. Ibadan ranked 2nd best city to live in Nigeria vs Indianapolis ranked 44th in the United States, while ranked 7755th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ibadan vs Indianapolis

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	Ibadan	Indianapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$25.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.35	$9.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.28	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$1424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1026
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1234	$2421
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1285	$1776
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.8	$194
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$70.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$829	$1949
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$483	$1579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$59.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.79	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$4.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$4.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$5.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$8.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.71	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$4.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$38
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.6	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.03	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.84	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.3	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.6	$88.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.1	$1868
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1898	$27149

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Cities near Ibadan

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Oyo	$677
68 km or 42 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
72 km or 45 mi	Ife	$779
83 km or 51 mi	Osogbo	$695
120 km or 74 mi	Lagos	$1113
141 km or 88 mi	Ilorin	$535
142 km or 88 mi	Akure	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
173 km or 107 mi	Save	$613
176 km or 109 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
185 km or 115 mi	Owo	$651
201 km or 125 mi	Cotonou	$709
214 km or 133 mi	Abomey	$590
223 km or 138 mi	Benin	$558
291 km or 181 mi	Warri	$881
308 km or 191 mi	Atakpame	$647
329 km or 204 mi	Lome	$755
345 km or 214 mi	Onitsha	$972
348 km or 216 mi	Sotouboua	$649
354 km or 220 mi	Sokode	$651
367 km or 228 mi	Kpalime	$632
372 km or 231 mi	Awka	$805
381 km or 237 mi	Hohoe	$575
381 km or 237 mi	Minna	$743
384 km or 238 mi	Kara	$658
390 km or 242 mi	Ho	$354
405 km or 252 mi	Owerri	$1611
409 km or 254 mi	Enugu	$462
434 km or 270 mi	Abuja	$1502
445 km or 277 mi	Umuahia	$883
450 km or 280 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
458 km or 285 mi	Aba	$621
475 km or 295 mi	Tema	$553
476 km or 295 mi	Ashaiman	$560
484 km or 301 mi	Koforidua	$588
495 km or 308 mi	Accra	$729
520 km or 323 mi	Kaduna	$371
558 km or 347 mi	Calabar	$384
570 km or 354 mi	Tamale	$507
582 km or 362 mi	Zaria	$526

Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890