Onitsha vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Onitsha	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$647	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$81.5	$701
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	36	95
😀 Quality of life	18	69
🏙️ Population	1.48M	11.5M

The cost of living in Onitsha is 0% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 5196th and 5192nd ($1051 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st 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 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Onitsha ranked 15th best city to live in Nigeria vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 9140th and 4142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Sao Paulo

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	Onitsha	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.5	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.56	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$572	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$972	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$713	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1061	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.67	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.15	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.82	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.77	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$110	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.26	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.54	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.81	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$221	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1418	$15428

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666