Ibadan vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ibadan	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$776	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2284	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$422	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$221	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.1	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$115	$4749
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	48	82
😀 Quality of life	33	88
🏙️ Population	2.55M	468K

The cost of living in Ibadan is 67% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 6541st and 972nd ($776 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 892nd 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 months in Raleigh. Ibadan ranked 2nd best city to live in Nigeria vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 7755th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ibadan vs Raleigh

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	Ibadan	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.7	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.35	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.28	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1234	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1285	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.8	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$829	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$483	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.79	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.35	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.21	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.71	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.6	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.03	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.84	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.3	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.6	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.1	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1898	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682