Melbourne vs Niamey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Melbourne	Niamey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$1006
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5563	$2119
🏠 One person rent	$1336	$593
🏘️ Family rent	$2266	$741
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$316
🚐 Transport expenses	$338	$37.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3776	$302
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	12
😀 Quality of life	98	37
🏙️ Population	4.53M	1.03M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 134% more expensive than in Niamey. Cities ranked 933rd and 5267th ($2356 vs $1006) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and Niger, respectively. Check Australia vs Niger comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Melbourne compared to 0.3 months in Niamey. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Niamey ranked 1st in Niger, while ranked 2nd and 7591st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Melbourne vs Niamey 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/melbourne/niamey.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Melbourne vs Niamey infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/melbourne/niamey" target="_blank">Melbourne vs Niamey - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Melbourne vs Niamey

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

	Melbourne	Niamey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.84	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1387	$727
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1129	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2874	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1851	$431
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.1	$46.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	11.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8760	$1456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7587	$775
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$128	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.45	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.91	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$7.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$6.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$2.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$8.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.4	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.4	$54.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$4.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$7.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.9	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$41.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1612	$928
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18868	$4528

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1702
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1658
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1693
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1746
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1708
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1707
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1716
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1719
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1688
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1327
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1317
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1707
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1672
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1819
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1669
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1723
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2604
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1462
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1723
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2203
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1463
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1610
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1430
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2180
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1691
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1404
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2348
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1903
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2741
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$1998
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1461
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1888
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1354
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481

Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$677
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$674
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$219
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$678
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$750
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$620
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$673
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$664
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$617
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$249
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$675
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$978
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$443
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$616
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$233
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$676
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$677
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$314
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$313
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$680
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$407
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$265
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$210
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$617
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$310
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$677
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$262
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$210
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$826
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$250
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$482
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$247
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$732
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$976
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$616
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$288
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$243
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$697
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$353
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$732