Ibadan vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ibadan	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$776	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2284	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$422	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$221	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.1	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$115	$1383
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	72
😀 Quality of life	33	57
🏙️ Population	2.55M	4.43M

The cost of living in Ibadan is 22% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 6541st and 5539th ($776 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 4th in Nigeria and South Africa, respectively. Check Nigeria vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ibadan compared to 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Ibadan ranked 2nd best city to live in Nigeria vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 7755th and 5667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ibadan vs Johannesburg

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	Ibadan	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.35	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.28	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1234	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1285	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.8	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$829	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$483	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.79	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.71	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.6	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.03	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.84	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.3	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.6	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.1	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1898	$5271

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003