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United Kingdom vs. Nigeria Cost of Living Summary

United Kingdom is 5.1 times more expensive than Nigeria overall.

Restaurants: pay 5.1 times more in United Kingdom
Groceries: pay 34.1% more in United Kingdom
Transportation: pay 2.3 times more in United Kingdom
Housing: pay 3.7 times more in United Kingdom
Childcare: pay 15.9 times more in United Kingdom
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.1 times more in United Kingdom
Clothing: pay 2.5 times more in United Kingdom

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

United Kingdom vs. Nigeria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Nigeria, you would:

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pay 5.1 times more for restaurants

	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.57 NGN3,715.87	$20.41 £15.41	+694.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.75 NGN6,872.31	$9.94 £7.51	+109.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.45 NGN655.69	$2.32 £1.75	+412.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 NGN462.19	$1.65 £1.24	+415.5%
Average			+408.0%

Nigeria vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants

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pay 34.1% more for groceries

	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 NGN1,816.80	$1.59 £1.20	+27.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.59 NGN3,743.90	$4.71 £3.55	+81.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.63 NGN15,384.30	$6.20 £4.68	-41.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.75 NGN2,531.25	$3.87 £2.92	+121.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.95 NGN2,816.32	$3.87 £2.92	+98.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.42 NGN2,057.94	$1.32 £1.00	-7.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78 NGN1,126.94	$0.73 £0.55	-6.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.69 NGN1,005.01	$1.28 £0.97	+84.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 NGN1,223.56	$1.49 £1.13	+76.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.04 NGN1,511.37	$0.72 £0.54	-31.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 NGN1,435.43	$0.71 £0.54	-28.5%
Average			+34.1%

Nigeria vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.3 times more for transportation

	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.73 NGN3,951.74	$7.22 £5.45	+164.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$32.19 NGN46,586.64	$99.05 £74.80	+207.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,671.83 NGN32,809,994.43	$36,224.29 £27,355.86	+59.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.86 NGN15,715.86	$22.08 £16.67	+103.3%
Average			+133.8%

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pay 3.7 times more for housing

	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.67 NGN44,381.13	$41.90 £31.64	+36.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$764.80 NGN1,106,799.48	$1,285.79 £971.00	+68.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$524.95 NGN759,687.25	$1,062.09 £802.07	+102.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$24.50 NGN35,452.58	$233.57 £176.39	+853.4%
Average			+265.1%

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pay 15.9 times more for childcare

	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$83.50 NGN120,835.37	$1,530.71 £1,155.97	+1733.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,445.58 NGN2,091,994.21	$19,375.12 £14,631.70	+1240.3%
Average			+1486.8%

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pay 5.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 NGN1,302.73	$6.35 £4.79	+605.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.33 NGN3,371.89	$4.54 £3.43	+94.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.55 NGN2,242.96	$19.18 £14.48	+1137.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.46 NGN44,076.85	$49.26 £37.20	+61.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.94 NGN8,596.83	$13.88 £10.48	+133.7%
Average			+406.5%

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pay 2.5 times more for clothing

	Nigeria	United Kingdom
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.42 NGN25,214.76	$86.00 £64.94	+393.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.27 NGN42,355.35	$44.20 £33.38	+51.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$55.68 NGN80,579.91	$95.21 £71.90	+71.0%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$56.56 NGN81,849.95	$101.36 £76.54	+79.2%
Average			+148.7%

Nigeria vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing

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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

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