Onitsha vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Onitsha	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$972	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2129	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$590	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$1043	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.2	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$103	$3761
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	36	53
😀 Quality of life	12	89
🏙️ Population	1.48M	140K

The cost of living in Onitsha is 67% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5680th and 200th ($972 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Nigeria and Iceland, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Onitsha compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Onitsha ranked 15th best city to live in Nigeria vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 9148th and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Reykjavik

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	Onitsha	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.6	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$496	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1843	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.8	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.1	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.2	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.21%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$642	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1019	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.73	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.97	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.68	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.7	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.55	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$99.9	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.42	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.22	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.62	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1617	$2532

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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 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