Ibadan vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ibadan	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1637	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$421	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$725	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$197	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$100	$1614
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	48	74
😀 Quality of life	37	62
🏙️ Population	2.55M	4.43M

The cost of living in Ibadan is 31% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 6862nd and 5031st ($752 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th 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 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Ibadan ranked 2nd best city to live in Nigeria vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 8155th and 5648th 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	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.02	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.28	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$407	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.8	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.95%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$827	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$540	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.66	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.66	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.13	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.2	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.71	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.61	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.1	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.61	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.12	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.66	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.5	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.5	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1891	$5503

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Cities near Ibadan

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Oyo	$664
68 km or 42 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
72 km or 45 mi	Ife	$778
83 km or 51 mi	Osogbo	$705
120 km or 74 mi	Lagos	$1102
141 km or 88 mi	Ilorin	$526
142 km or 88 mi	Akure	$644
145 km or 90 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Save	$646
176 km or 109 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
185 km or 115 mi	Owo	$664
201 km or 125 mi	Cotonou	$793
214 km or 133 mi	Abomey	$598
223 km or 138 mi	Benin	$632
291 km or 181 mi	Warri	$926
308 km or 191 mi	Atakpame	$699
329 km or 204 mi	Lome	$835
345 km or 214 mi	Onitsha	$1051
348 km or 216 mi	Sotouboua	$703
354 km or 220 mi	Sokode	$705
367 km or 228 mi	Kpalime	$684
372 km or 231 mi	Awka	$878
381 km or 237 mi	Hohoe	$652
381 km or 237 mi	Minna	$852
384 km or 238 mi	Kara	$712
390 km or 242 mi	Ho	$417
405 km or 252 mi	Owerri	$1774
409 km or 254 mi	Enugu	$563
434 km or 270 mi	Abuja	$1514
445 km or 277 mi	Umuahia	$961
450 km or 280 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
458 km or 285 mi	Aba	$674
475 km or 295 mi	Tema	$600
476 km or 295 mi	Ashaiman	$630
484 km or 301 mi	Koforidua	$668
495 km or 308 mi	Accra	$822
520 km or 323 mi	Kaduna	$393
558 km or 347 mi	Calabar	$397
570 km or 354 mi	Tamale	$576
582 km or 362 mi	Zaria	$652

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915