Onitsha vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Onitsha	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$972	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2129	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$590	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$1043	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$238	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.2	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$103	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	36	56
😀 Quality of life	12	57
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.42M

The cost of living in Onitsha is 38% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 5680th and 6861st ($972 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 25th in Nigeria and Brazil, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Onitsha compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Onitsha ranked 15th best city to live in Nigeria vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 9148th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Salvador

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	Onitsha	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.6	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$496	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1843	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.8	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.1	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.2	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.21%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$642	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1019	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.73	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.16	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.97	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.68	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.7	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.55	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$99.9	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.42	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.22	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.62	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.4	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1617	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677