Owerri vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Owerri	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1364	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1792	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$1077	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$935	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$205	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.2	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$76.3	$381
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	41	57
😀 Quality of life	24	63
🏙️ Population	908K	2.42M

The cost of living in Owerri is 54% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4388th and 6337th ($1364 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th 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 Owerri compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Owerri ranked 12th best city to live in Nigeria vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 8997th and 5445th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Owerri vs Salvador

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	Owerri	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.95	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.07	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$320	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1203	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$941	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.6	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.2	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.84%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$822	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$897	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.8	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.45	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.4	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.94	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.94	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$8.86	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.5	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.76	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$15	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$36.7	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1701	$15139

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Cities near Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$773
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$591
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$693
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$795
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$559
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$564
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$786
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$373
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$627
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$531
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$1272
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$488
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$821
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$627
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$738
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1156
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$699
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$670
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$575
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$759
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1375
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$658
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$946
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$639
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$518
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$995
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$692
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1209
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$830
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$666
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$760
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$323
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$1011
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$654
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$1013
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$596
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$672
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$517

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751