Onitsha vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Onitsha	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$647	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$81.5	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	36	8
😀 Quality of life	18	63
🏙️ Population	1.48M	24.7K

The cost of living in Onitsha is 34% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5196th and 3601st ($1051 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Nigeria and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Onitsha compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Onitsha ranked 15th best city to live in Nigeria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 9140th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Victoria

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	Onitsha	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.5	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.56	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$572	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$972	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$713	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1061	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.67	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.15	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.82	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.77	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$110	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.26	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.54	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.81	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$221	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1418	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420