Lome vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lome	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$4051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1810	$8925
🏠 One person rent	$267	$2620
🏘️ Family rent	$556	$4454
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$807
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.9	$399
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$565	$5777
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	16	100
😀 Quality of life	40	97
🏙️ Population	2.19M	8.8M

The cost of living in Lome is 82% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 6859th and 5th ($711 vs $4051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Togo and the United States, respectively. Check Togo vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lome compared to 1.4 months in New York City. Lome ranked 1st best city to live in Togo vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 6954th and 13th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lome vs New York City

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	Lome	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.02	$24.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.7	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.2	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$9.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$3.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$244	$2702
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.7	$2361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$5005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$339	$3996
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.9	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$69.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.94%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1221	$19111
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$448	$3215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$2.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50.5	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.3	$27.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$6.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.59	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$5.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$3.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.72	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$3.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$17.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.89	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$10
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$7.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$144
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.45	$19.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.9	$156
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.06	$25.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.2	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.1	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$110	$1717
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4929	$20585

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Cities near Lome

Distance	City	Cost of living
99 km or 61 mi	Ho	$345
109 km or 68 mi	Kpalime	$656
135 km or 84 mi	Cotonou	$755
140 km or 87 mi	Hohoe	$570
145 km or 90 mi	Abomey	$617
147 km or 91 mi	Tema	$368
147 km or 91 mi	Ashaiman	$546
155 km or 97 mi	Atakpame	$655
159 km or 99 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
165 km or 102 mi	Koforidua	$585
167 km or 104 mi	Accra	$747
243 km or 151 mi	Lagos	$1133
253 km or 157 mi	Save	$644
261 km or 162 mi	Abeokuta	$1019
272 km or 169 mi	Sotouboua	$652
317 km or 197 mi	Sokode	$652
320 km or 199 mi	Kumasi	$412
321 km or 200 mi	Obuasi	$546
329 km or 204 mi	Ibadan	$759
354 km or 220 mi	Oyo	$699
357 km or 222 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$548
380 km or 236 mi	Kara	$656
398 km or 247 mi	Ife	$774
411 km or 256 mi	Osogbo	$704
430 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$492
452 km or 281 mi	Ilorin	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Akure	$635
471 km or 293 mi	Ado Ekiti	$681
486 km or 302 mi	Benin	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Owo	$658
505 km or 314 mi	Warri	$886
526 km or 327 mi	Abengourou	$1015
558 km or 347 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1014
587 km or 365 mi	Abidjan	$1164
602 km or 374 mi	Agboville	$1012
615 km or 382 mi	Onitsha	$1036
626 km or 389 mi	Dabou	$1011
646 km or 401 mi	Awka	$846
647 km or 402 mi	Owerri	$1686
658 km or 409 mi	Port Harcourt	$651

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108