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New Zealand vs. Nigeria Cost of Living Summary

New Zealand is 3.6 times more expensive than Nigeria overall.

Restaurants: pay 5.3 times more in New Zealand
Groceries: pay 59.1% more in New Zealand
Transportation: pay 85.3% more in New Zealand
Housing: pay 2.5 times more in New Zealand
Childcare: pay 6.5 times more in New Zealand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.1 times more in New Zealand
Clothing: pay 2.2 times more in New Zealand

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

New Zealand vs. Nigeria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Nigeria, you would:

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pay 5.3 times more for restaurants

	Nigeria	New Zealand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.61 NGN4,047.03	$13.47 NZ$23.91	+416.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.61 NGN8,691.63	$8.81 NZ$15.63	+57.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 NGN589.54	$2.16 NZ$3.84	+468.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.23 NGN350.77	$1.94 NZ$3.45	+759.6%
Average			+425.4%

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pay 59.1% more for groceries

	Nigeria	New Zealand
Bread 1 loaf	$1.27 NGN1,964.95	$1.86 NZ$3.31	+47.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.51 NGN3,897.35	$3.77 NZ$6.69	+49.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.86 NGN15,284.02	$6.55 NZ$11.61	-33.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.87 NGN2,905.05	$5.92 NZ$10.51	+216.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.04 NGN3,155.26	$4.25 NZ$7.54	+108.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.75 NGN2,710.43	$1.15 NZ$2.04	-34.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.90 NGN1,399.55	$1.04 NZ$1.85	+15.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 NGN1,135.99	$1.31 NZ$2.32	+78.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.79 NGN1,221.39	$2.31 NZ$4.10	+193.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.82 NGN1,268.07	$0.90 NZ$1.59	+9.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.83 NGN1,293.68	$0.83 NZ$1.47	-0.4%
Average			+59.1%

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pay 85.3% more for transportation

	Nigeria	New Zealand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.41 NGN3,734.55	$6.26 NZ$11.11	+160.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.26 NGN56,206.14	$69.15 NZ$122.70	+90.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$16,757.94 NGN25,979,555.82	$24,735.85 NZ$43,889.04	+47.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.54 NGN19,436.72	$17.90 NZ$31.76	+42.8%
Average			+85.3%

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pay 2.5 times more for housing

	Nigeria	New Zealand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$29.99 NGN46,499.81	$51.16 NZ$90.77	+70.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$731.80 NGN1,134,498.16	$1,007.66 NZ$1,787.91	+37.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$456.14 NGN707,150.85	$809.64 NZ$1,436.55	+77.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$18.28 NGN28,341.85	$91.68 NZ$162.66	+401.5%
Average			+146.8%

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pay 6.5 times more for childcare

	Nigeria	New Zealand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$85.98 NGN133,297.13	$611.89 NZ$1,085.68	+611.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,787.42 NGN2,771,014.58	$10,661.07 NZ$18,916.03	+496.4%
Average			+554.0%

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pay 5.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Nigeria	New Zealand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.91 NGN1,403.62	$6.10 NZ$10.82	+573.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.04 NGN3,156.01	$3.30 NZ$5.86	+62.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.60 NGN2,479.55	$22.88 NZ$40.59	+1330.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.79 NGN57,037.14	$38.53 NZ$68.36	+4.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.47 NGN10,025.53	$10.92 NZ$19.37	+68.8%
Average			+407.9%

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pay 2.2 times more for clothing

	Nigeria	New Zealand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.81 NGN27,615.97	$65.31 NZ$115.87	+266.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$28.83 NGN44,701.30	$40.78 NZ$72.36	+41.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$57.22 NGN88,703.80	$93.71 NZ$166.27	+63.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$57.36 NGN88,929.55	$121.74 NZ$216.01	+112.2%
Average			+121.0%

Nigeria vs. New Zealand - 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: January 2025

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