Lagos vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lagos	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1102	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2443	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$618	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$87.1	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	47	8
😀 Quality of life	41	63
🏙️ Population	15.1M	24.7K

The cost of living in Lagos is 30% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4957th and 3601st ($1102 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 Lagos compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7632nd and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lagos vs Victoria

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	Lagos	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.2	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$800	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$499	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1460	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$899	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.6%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1908	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.71	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.23	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.63	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.96	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.66	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.29	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.5	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.18	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.69	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.83	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.42	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.1	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$78.8	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2304	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420