Lagos vs Winnipeg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lagos	Winnipeg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1113	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3096	$4066
🏠 One person rent	$598	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$1649	$1595
🍽️ Food expenses	$280	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$162	$2512
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	46
😀 Quality of life	40	87
🏙️ Population	15.1M	750K

The cost of living in Lagos is 37% less expensive than in Winnipeg. Cities ranked 4761st and 2455th ($1113 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 78th in Nigeria and Canada, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Lagos compared to 1.4 months in Winnipeg. Lagos ranked 1st best city to live in Nigeria vs Winnipeg ranked 20th in Canada, while ranked 6935th and 258th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Lagos vs Winnipeg infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/lagos/winnipeg.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Lagos vs Winnipeg infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/lagos/winnipeg" target="_blank">Lagos vs Winnipeg - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Lagos vs Winnipeg

Prices for goods and services in Lagos and Winnipeg are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Lagos	Winnipeg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$62.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.3	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$772
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2294	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1391	$1408
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$87.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$136
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.8	$57.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.28%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1797	$3061
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1310	$2813
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.1	$78.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.7	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$3.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$9.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.56	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.82	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$3.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$15.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.15	$4.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.46	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.5	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.43	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.1	$74.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.24	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.1	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$83.2	$858
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2289	$11629

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Winnipeg

Distance	City	Cost of living
201 km or 125 mi	Brandon	$1296
218 km or 135 mi	Grand Forks	$1871
335 km or 208 mi	Fargo	$1666
335 km or 208 mi	West Fargo	$1787
336 km or 209 mi	Moorhead	$2105
353 km or 219 mi	Minot	$1680
434 km or 270 mi	Bismarck	$1701
438 km or 272 mi	Mandan	$1813
501 km or 312 mi	Aberdeen	$2175
508 km or 316 mi	Duluth	$1759
510 km or 317 mi	Williston	$1698
513 km or 319 mi	Superior	$2028
530 km or 330 mi	St. Cloud	$1423
535 km or 332 mi	Regina	$1540
554 km or 344 mi	Watertown	$2390
574 km or 357 mi	Elk River	$2435
584 km or 363 mi	Ramsey	$2682
592 km or 368 mi	Andover	$2401
593 km or 368 mi	Champlin	$2478
598 km or 372 mi	Thunder Bay	$1656
601 km or 374 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
602 km or 374 mi	Blaine	$2557
603 km or 374 mi	Maple Grove	$2321
604 km or 375 mi	Coon Rapids	$2328
604 km or 375 mi	Brooklyn Park	$2340
607 km or 377 mi	Lino Lakes	$2324
608 km or 378 mi	Brooklyn Center	$2297
608 km or 378 mi	Fridley	$2331
609 km or 378 mi	Plymouth	$2280
609 km or 378 mi	New Hope	$2281
610 km or 379 mi	Crystal	$2255
612 km or 380 mi	New Brighton	$2275
612 km or 381 mi	Golden Valley	$2239
613 km or 381 mi	Shoreview	$2264
617 km or 383 mi	Minnetonka	$2317
617 km or 384 mi	White Bear Lake	$2213
618 km or 384 mi	St. Louis Park	$2234
618 km or 384 mi	Minneapolis	$2308
620 km or 385 mi	Roseville	$2157
621 km or 386 mi	Brookings	$2699