Indianapolis vs Owerri - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Owerri
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$1774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$2151
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$1475
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$1281
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$54.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$67.7
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	70	42
😀 Quality of life	91	17
🏙️ Population	888K	908K

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 34% more expensive than in Owerri. Cities ranked 1089th and 2835th ($2382 vs $1774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 1st in the United States and Nigeria, respectively. Check the United States vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 0 months in Owerri. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Owerri ranked 17th in Nigeria, while ranked 186th and 9159th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Owerri
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$5.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$14.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$1679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$820
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$1328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$37.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$1052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$8.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$0.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$4.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$0.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$1.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$8.08
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$9.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$1.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$14.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$34.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$1311

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$961
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$1051
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$563
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$926
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$397
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$632
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$664
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$1413
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$644
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$849
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$665
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$755
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1363
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$698
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$778
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$705
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$793
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1514
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$752
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1102
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$664
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$526
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$852
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1241
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$793
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$671
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$810
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$393
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$646
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$1044
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$598
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$781
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$652