Lagos vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lagos	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3096	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$598	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$1649	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$280	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$162	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	60
😀 Quality of life	40	87
🏙️ Population	15.1M	246K

The cost of living in Lagos is 39% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4761st and 2336th ($1113 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1917th 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 Lagos compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 6935th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lagos vs Louisville

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	Lagos	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2294	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1391	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.8	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.28%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1797	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1310	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.1	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.56	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.82	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.15	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.46	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.43	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.1	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.2	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2289	$13378

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Cities near Lagos

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 48 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
87 km or 54 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
109 km or 68 mi	Cotonou	$709
120 km or 74 mi	Ibadan	$776
165 km or 102 mi	Oyo	$677
171 km or 106 mi	Ife	$779
176 km or 109 mi	Abomey	$590
195 km or 121 mi	Osogbo	$695
203 km or 126 mi	Save	$613
217 km or 135 mi	Akure	$634
239 km or 148 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
243 km or 151 mi	Lome	$755
245 km or 152 mi	Benin	$558
254 km or 158 mi	Owo	$651
261 km or 162 mi	Ilorin	$535
278 km or 173 mi	Atakpame	$647
280 km or 174 mi	Warri	$881
310 km or 193 mi	Kpalime	$632
324 km or 201 mi	Ho	$354
332 km or 206 mi	Hohoe	$575
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
375 km or 233 mi	Onitsha	$972
376 km or 234 mi	Sokode	$651
388 km or 241 mi	Tema	$553
389 km or 242 mi	Ashaiman	$560
406 km or 252 mi	Awka	$805
407 km or 253 mi	Koforidua	$588
408 km or 253 mi	Accra	$729
416 km or 258 mi	Owerri	$1611
422 km or 262 mi	Kara	$658
441 km or 274 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
452 km or 281 mi	Enugu	$462
463 km or 288 mi	Umuahia	$883
463 km or 288 mi	Aba	$621
495 km or 307 mi	Minna	$743
536 km or 333 mi	Abuja	$1502
555 km or 345 mi	Kumasi	$433
562 km or 350 mi	Obuasi	$551
570 km or 354 mi	Calabar	$384
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974