Onitsha vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Onitsha	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1051	$962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2062	$2318
🏠 One person rent	$647	$492
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$322
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.8	$58.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$81.5	$848
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	36	46
😀 Quality of life	18	64
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.47M

The cost of living in Onitsha is 9% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5196th and 5881st ($1051 vs $962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 6th 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 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Onitsha ranked 15th best city to live in Nigeria vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 9140th and 5334th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs Yekaterinburg

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	Onitsha	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.5	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.1	$48.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.56	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$572	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$972	$990
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$9.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19%	17.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$713	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1061	$1410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$5.34
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.67	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.15	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.82	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.77	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$110	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.26	$4.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.54	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.81	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$221	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1418	$7319

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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 Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$754
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$763
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$714
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$909
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$675
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$802
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$681
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$635
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$725
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$520
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$563
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$695
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$536
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$685
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$868
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$519
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$796
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$686
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$772
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$786
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$548
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$692
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$767
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$729
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$658
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$719
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$617