Owerri vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Owerri	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1611	$2075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2274	$4845
🏠 One person rent	$1321	$1197
🏘️ Family rent	$1431	$1925
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$531
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.2	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$84.4	$3655
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	42	93
😀 Quality of life	11	98
🏙️ Population	908K	2.14M

The cost of living in Owerri is 22% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 3008th and 1654th ($1611 vs $2075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Nigeria and Australia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Owerri compared to 1.8 months in Perth. Owerri ranked 19th best city to live in Nigeria vs Perth ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 9183rd and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Owerri vs Perth

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	Owerri	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.82	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$8.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.24	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$432	$1325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1502	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2146	$2282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1199	$1602
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.6	$91.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$139
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.19%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$552	$4862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1007	$3869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.7	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.2	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.82	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$9.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.64	$2.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.94	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.7	$4.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.14	$20.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$2.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$7.94	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.94	$55.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.6	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$13	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.9	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$113	$1852
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1390	$11252

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Cities near Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$883
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$621
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$972
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$881
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$384
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$558
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$741
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$634
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$764
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$601
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$655
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1265
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$553
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$779
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$695
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$555
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1502
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$776
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1113
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$677
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$535
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$743
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1121
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$709
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$747
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$820
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$371
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$900
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$900
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$590
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$759
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$526

Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1643
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$1971
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1585
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1730
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1440
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$1978
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1691
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$509
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$497
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$355
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$845
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1267
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1390
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$597
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1291
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1617
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1981
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$453
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$365
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1669
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1625
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1691
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$410
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$614
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$464
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$510
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2194
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1620
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$503
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1671
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$501
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$486
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$505
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1645