Lagos vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lagos	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3096	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$598	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1649	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$280	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$162	$262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	47	53
😀 Quality of life	40	44
🏙️ Population	15.1M	2.11M

The cost of living in Lagos is 131% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 4761st and 8745th ($1113 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 47th in Nigeria and Indonesia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Lagos compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 6935th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lagos vs Medan

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	Lagos	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.3	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2294	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1391	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.8	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.28%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1797	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1310	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.1	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.56	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.82	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.15	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.46	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.43	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.1	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.2	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2289	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501