Kano vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Kano	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$491	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1173	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$179	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$311	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.5	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$70.2	$961
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	8
😀 Quality of life	24	49
🏙️ Population	4.35M	24.7K

The cost of living in Kano is 70% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8715th and 3452nd ($491 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1st in Nigeria and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Kano compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Kano ranked 10th best city to live in Nigeria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8983rd and 6808th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kano vs Victoria

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	Kano	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.04	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$7.58	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$569	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$211	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$10.8	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.2	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.5	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.33%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1905	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.19	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.41	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.85	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.43	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.36	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.83	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.9	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.67	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.4	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.93	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.68	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.41	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.9	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.9	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$29.4	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2404	$8750

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Cities near Kano

Distance	City	Cost of living
137 km or 85 mi	Zaria	$517
148 km or 92 mi	Katsina	$503
202 km or 125 mi	Kaduna	$323
202 km or 126 mi	Gusau	$516
206 km or 128 mi	Zinder	$1119
227 km or 141 mi	Maradi	$1118
233 km or 145 mi	Jos	$760
237 km or 147 mi	Bauchi	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Minna	$692
346 km or 215 mi	Abuja	$1375
375 km or 233 mi	Sokoto	$372
376 km or 234 mi	Damaturu	$476
504 km or 313 mi	Maiduguri	$514
553 km or 344 mi	Mubi	$567
583 km or 362 mi	Ilorin	$518
607 km or 377 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
612 km or 380 mi	Garoua	$601
625 km or 388 mi	Owo	$531
628 km or 390 mi	Enugu	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Osogbo	$575
641 km or 399 mi	Akure	$488
653 km or 406 mi	Maroua	$576
664 km or 413 mi	Awka	$693
664 km or 413 mi	Ife	$670
676 km or 420 mi	Onitsha	$795
683 km or 424 mi	Oyo	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Bol	$490
698 km or 434 mi	Bamenda	$699
708 km or 440 mi	Benin	$627
711 km or 442 mi	N'Djamena	$524
715 km or 444 mi	Niamey	$1162
718 km or 446 mi	Ibadan	$658
728 km or 452 mi	Umuahia	$773
743 km or 461 mi	Owerri	$1364
756 km or 470 mi	Bafoussam	$759
761 km or 473 mi	Ngaoundere	$551
772 km or 480 mi	Bongor	$489
776 km or 482 mi	Aba	$591
782 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$995
782 km or 486 mi	Warri	$786

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415