Owerri vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Owerri	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1611	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2274	$1970
🏠 One person rent	$1321	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$1431	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.2	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$84.4	$397
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	42	27
😀 Quality of life	11	52
🏙️ Population	908K	3.15M

The cost of living in Owerri is 106% more expensive than in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Cities ranked 3008th and 6526th ($1611 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Nigeria and Bolivia, respectively. Check Nigeria vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Owerri compared to 0.5 months in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Owerri ranked 19th best city to live in Nigeria vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 9183rd and 6116th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Owerri vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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	Owerri	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.82	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.66	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.24	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$432	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1502	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2146	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1199	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.6	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$54.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.19%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$552	$1141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1007	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.39	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.7	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.2	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.82	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$4.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$5.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.64	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.94	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.7	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.14	$2.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$7.94	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.94	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.6	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$13	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.9	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$113	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1390	$4204

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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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Distance	City	Cost of living
258 km or 161 mi	Sucre	$666
304 km or 189 mi	Sacaba	$538
317 km or 197 mi	Cochabamba	$535
335 km or 208 mi	Potosi	$507
376 km or 233 mi	Trinidad	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Oruro	$600
446 km or 277 mi	Tarija	$630
528 km or 328 mi	Tartagal	$804
545 km or 339 mi	La Paz	$688
550 km or 342 mi	El Alto	$673
601 km or 373 mi	Corumba	$583
606 km or 377 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
617 km or 384 mi	Caceres	$643
650 km or 404 mi	Vilhena	$577
688 km or 428 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
691 km or 430 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
737 km or 458 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
744 km or 462 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
747 km or 464 mi	Tacna	$414
757 km or 470 mi	Arica	$748
758 km or 471 mi	Puno	$520
772 km or 480 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
779 km or 484 mi	Iquique	$923
779 km or 484 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
781 km or 485 mi	Juliaca	$547
789 km or 490 mi	Varzea Grande	$682
792 km or 492 mi	Calama	$673
795 km or 494 mi	Cuiaba	$725
811 km or 504 mi	Salta	$1121
863 km or 536 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
865 km or 537 mi	Concepcion	$521
876 km or 544 mi	Ariquemes	$575
900 km or 559 mi	Arequipa	$588
921 km or 573 mi	Rondonopolis	$546
941 km or 585 mi	Ponta Pora	$586
944 km or 587 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$502
949 km or 589 mi	Campo Grande	$588
992 km or 616 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
1001 km or 622 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1005 km or 625 mi	Dourados	$599