Cost of living comparison

compared to

Jamaica vs. Nigeria Cost of Living Summary

Jamaica is 92.4% more expensive than Nigeria overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.4 times more in Jamaica
Groceries: pay 66.6% more in Jamaica
Transportation: pay 78.5% more in Jamaica
Housing: pay 89.3% more in Jamaica
Childcare: pay 2.1 times more in Jamaica
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.6 times more in Jamaica
Clothing: pay 10.1% more in Jamaica

The cost of entertainment and sports, restaurants, childcare, housing, transportation, and groceries in Jamaica are more expensive than in Nigeria. Notably, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Jamaica.

Jamaica vs. Nigeria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Jamaica instead of Nigeria, you would:

Display currency: USD

pay 2.4 times more for restaurants

	Nigeria	Jamaica
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.57 NGN3,715.87	$7.18 JMD1,146.21	+179.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.75 NGN6,872.31	$7.65 JMD1,221.34	+61.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.45 NGN655.69	$1.24 JMD197.19	+172.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 NGN462.19	$0.75 JMD119.23	+133.8%
Average			+136.8%

Nigeria vs. Jamaica - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 66.6% more for groceries

	Nigeria	Jamaica
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 NGN1,816.80	$2.71 JMD433.22	+116.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.59 NGN3,743.90	$5.07 JMD809.00	+95.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.63 NGN15,384.30	$13.82 JMD2,206.79	+30.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.75 NGN2,531.25	$3.51 JMD560.18	+100.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.95 NGN2,816.32	$2.83 JMD452.13	+45.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.42 NGN2,057.94	$2.51 JMD400.28	+76.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78 NGN1,126.94	$1.32 JMD211.25	+69.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.69 NGN1,005.01	$1.91 JMD304.37	+174.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 NGN1,223.56	$1.23 JMD195.64	+44.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.04 NGN1,511.37	$0.93 JMD148.82	-10.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 NGN1,435.43	$0.89 JMD142.25	-10.2%
Average			+66.6%

Nigeria vs. Jamaica - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 78.5% more for transportation

	Nigeria	Jamaica
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.73 NGN3,951.74	$4.77 JMD761.49	+74.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$32.19 NGN46,586.64	$48.93 JMD7,811.45	+52.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,671.83 NGN32,809,994.43	$42,765.27 JMD6,827,842.87	+88.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.86 NGN15,715.86	$21.56 JMD3,441.77	+98.5%
Average			+78.5%

Nigeria vs. Jamaica - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 89.3% more for housing

	Nigeria	Jamaica
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.67 NGN44,381.13	$49.24 JMD7,862.27	+60.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$764.80 NGN1,106,799.48	$505.52 JMD80,711.20	-33.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$524.95 NGN759,687.25	$400.25 JMD63,903.29	-23.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$24.50 NGN35,452.58	$111.28 JMD17,766.65	+354.2%
Average			+89.3%

Nigeria vs. Jamaica - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 2.1 times more for childcare

	Nigeria	Jamaica
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$83.50 NGN120,835.37	$184.63 JMD29,477.98	+121.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,445.58 NGN2,091,994.21	$2,785.57 JMD444,740.04	+92.7%
Average			+106.9%

Nigeria vs. Jamaica - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 2.6 times more for entertainment and sports

	Nigeria	Jamaica
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 NGN1,302.73	$2.34 JMD373.82	+160.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.33 NGN3,371.89	$3.50 JMD558.48	+50.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.55 NGN2,242.96	$8.58 JMD1,370.52	+453.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.46 NGN44,076.85	$41.65 JMD6,649.65	+36.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.94 NGN8,596.83	$11.47 JMD1,831.61	+93.1%
Average			+158.8%

Nigeria vs. Jamaica - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 10.1% more for clothing

	Nigeria	Jamaica
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.42 NGN25,214.76	$21.47 JMD3,427.66	+23.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.27 NGN42,355.35	$21.34 JMD3,407.55	-27.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$55.68 NGN80,579.91	$64.53 JMD10,303.09	+15.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$56.56 NGN81,849.95	$72.59 JMD11,589.61	+28.3%
Average			+10.1%

Nigeria vs. Jamaica - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

More cost comparisons

Nigeria vs.

Australia

Nigeria vs.

Canada

Nigeria vs.

United States

Nigeria vs.

Italy

Nigeria vs.

Austria

Nigeria vs.

Russia

Nigeria vs.

Ireland

Nigeria vs.

United Kingdom

Share this

Compare by city

For example, try comparing the cost of living in Abuja vs. Kingston

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Nigeria

Add prices for Jamaica

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Jamaica or Nigeria. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.