Maseru vs Niamey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Niamey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$1019
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$219	$609
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$41.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$293
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	16	12
😀 Quality of life	13	35
🏙️ Population	344K	1.5M

The cost of living in Maseru is 39% less expensive than in Niamey. Cities ranked 7441st and 5369th ($621 vs $1019) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lesotho and Niger, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Niger comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 0.3 months in Niamey. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Niamey ranked 1st in Niger, while ranked 9104th and 7468th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Niamey

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	Maseru	Niamey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$35.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$700
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$414
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$45.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	11.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$1601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$3.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$7.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$6.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$3.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$2.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$53.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$40.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$40.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$899
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$4390

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628

Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709