Owerri vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Owerri	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1774	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2151	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$1475	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1281	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$54.3	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$67.7	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	42	8
😀 Quality of life	17	63
🏙️ Population	908K	24.7K

The cost of living in Owerri is 12% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 2835th and 3601st ($1774 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 months in Owerri compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Owerri ranked 17th best city to live in Nigeria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 9159th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Owerri vs Victoria

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	Owerri	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.21	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.1	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.71	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.27	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1679	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$820	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1328	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.4	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.2	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$611	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1052	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.17	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.85	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.65	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.22	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.83	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.65	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$8.08	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.95	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.65	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.1	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.2	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$115	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1311	$8213

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Cities near Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$961
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$1051
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$563
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$926
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$397
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$632
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$664
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$1413
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$644
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$849
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$665
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$755
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1363
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$698
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$778
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$705
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$793
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1514
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$752
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1102
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$664
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$526
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$852
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1241
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$793
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$671
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$810
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$393
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$646
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$1044
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$598
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$781
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$652

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