Lagos vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lagos	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3096	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$598	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1649	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$280	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$162	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	47	43
😀 Quality of life	40	64
🏙️ Population	15.1M	1.08M

The cost of living in Lagos is 45% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4761st and 6565th ($1113 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd in Nigeria and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Lagos compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6935th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lagos vs Nur-Sultan

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	Lagos	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.3	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2294	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1391	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.28%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1797	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1310	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.1	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.56	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.82	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.15	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.46	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.43	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.1	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.2	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2289	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512