Lagos vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lagos	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3096	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$598	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$1649	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$280	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$162	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	47	8
😀 Quality of life	40	59
🏙️ Population	15.1M	24.7K

The cost of living in Lagos is 26% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4761st and 3454th ($1113 vs $1495) 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 0.6 months in Victoria. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6935th and 5404th 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	$2.72	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.3	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2294	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1391	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.8	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.28%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1797	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1310	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.1	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.56	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.82	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.15	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.46	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.43	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.1	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.2	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2289	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408