Lagos vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lagos	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1102	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2443	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$618	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$87.1	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	47	42
😀 Quality of life	41	68
🏙️ Population	15.1M	1.08M

The cost of living in Lagos is 51% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4957th and 6947th ($1102 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7632nd and 4595th 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	$3.01	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$800	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$499	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1460	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$899	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.6%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1908	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.71	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.96	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.66	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.29	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.5	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.18	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.69	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.83	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.42	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.1	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$78.8	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2304	$5235

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Cities near Lagos

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 48 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
87 km or 54 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
109 km or 68 mi	Cotonou	$793
120 km or 74 mi	Ibadan	$752
165 km or 102 mi	Oyo	$664
171 km or 106 mi	Ife	$778
176 km or 109 mi	Abomey	$598
195 km or 121 mi	Osogbo	$705
203 km or 126 mi	Save	$646
217 km or 135 mi	Akure	$644
239 km or 148 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
243 km or 151 mi	Lome	$835
245 km or 152 mi	Benin	$632
254 km or 158 mi	Owo	$664
261 km or 162 mi	Ilorin	$526
278 km or 173 mi	Atakpame	$699
280 km or 174 mi	Warri	$926
310 km or 193 mi	Kpalime	$684
324 km or 201 mi	Ho	$417
332 km or 206 mi	Hohoe	$652
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$703
375 km or 233 mi	Onitsha	$1051
376 km or 234 mi	Sokode	$705
388 km or 241 mi	Tema	$600
389 km or 242 mi	Ashaiman	$630
406 km or 252 mi	Awka	$878
407 km or 253 mi	Koforidua	$668
408 km or 253 mi	Accra	$822
416 km or 258 mi	Owerri	$1774
422 km or 262 mi	Kara	$712
441 km or 274 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
452 km or 281 mi	Enugu	$563
463 km or 288 mi	Umuahia	$961
463 km or 288 mi	Aba	$674
495 km or 307 mi	Minna	$852
536 km or 333 mi	Abuja	$1514
555 km or 345 mi	Kumasi	$532
562 km or 350 mi	Obuasi	$631
570 km or 354 mi	Calabar	$397
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525