Ibadan vs Kuala Lumpur - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ibadan	Kuala Lumpur
🚶 Cost of living one person	$776	$810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2284	$1984
🏠 One person rent	$422	$393
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$221	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.1	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$115	$1392
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	48	93
😀 Quality of life	33	77
🏙️ Population	2.55M	1.98M

The cost of living in Ibadan is 4% less expensive than in Kuala Lumpur. Cities ranked 6541st and 6403rd ($776 vs $810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Nigeria and Malaysia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Malaysia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ibadan compared to 1.7 months in Kuala Lumpur. Ibadan ranked 2nd best city to live in Nigeria vs Kuala Lumpur ranked 1st in Malaysia, while ranked 7755th and 811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ibadan vs Kuala Lumpur

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	Ibadan	Kuala Lumpur
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.35	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$4.64
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.28	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$450
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1234	$928
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1285	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$40.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.8	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$25.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$829	$2996
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$483	$1427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.79	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$3.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.71	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$41.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.6	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.03	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.84	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.3	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.6	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.1	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1898	$8723

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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 Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$645
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$532
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$670
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$604
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$669
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$682
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$543
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$628
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$529
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$695
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$679
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$565
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$619
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$620
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3059
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$481
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$539
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$470
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$490
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$536
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$560
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$461
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$570
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$719