Niamey vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niamey	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$609	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.1	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$3761
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	12	53
😀 Quality of life	35	89
🏙️ Population	1.5M	140K

The cost of living in Niamey is 65% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5369th and 200th ($1019 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Niger and Iceland, respectively. Check Niger vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Niamey compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 7468th and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Niamey	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$414	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$947	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.94	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.1	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$899	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4390	$2532

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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

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006