Onitsha vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Onitsha	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$972	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2129	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$590	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1043	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.2	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$103	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	36	99
😀 Quality of life	12	95
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.15M

The cost of living in Onitsha is 57% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5680th and 1222nd ($972 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Nigeria and France, respectively. Check Nigeria vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Onitsha compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Onitsha ranked 15th best city to live in Nigeria vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 9148th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Paris

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	Onitsha	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.6	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$496	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1843	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.1	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.2	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.21%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$642	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1019	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.73	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.97	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.68	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.7	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.55	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$99.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.42	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.22	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.62	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1617	$16193

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Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1611
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$462
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$883
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$558
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$621
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$881
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$651
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$634
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$384
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$779
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$695
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1502
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$764
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$776
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$741
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$601
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$535
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$655
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$677
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$553
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1113
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$743
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1265
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$555
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$820
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$709
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$371
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$613
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$590
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$526
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$759
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1121
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$747
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$755
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$647

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293