Onitsha vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Onitsha	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$647	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$81.5	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	36	82
😀 Quality of life	18	71
🏙️ Population	1.48M	5.65M

The cost of living in Onitsha is 8% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 5196th and 5813th ($1051 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Nigeria and Russia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Onitsha compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Onitsha ranked 15th best city to live in Nigeria vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 9140th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Saint Petersburg

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	Onitsha	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.5	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.56	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$572	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$972	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$713	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1061	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.67	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.15	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.82	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.77	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$110	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.26	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.54	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.81	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$221	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1418	$10534

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Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1774
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$563
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$961
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$632
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$674
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$926
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$664
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$644
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$397
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$778
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$705
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1514
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$849
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$752
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1413
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$665
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$526
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$755
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$664
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$698
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1102
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$852
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1363
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$793
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$810
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$793
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$393
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$646
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$598
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$652
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$781
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1241
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$671
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$835
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$699

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566