Haulage cost per tonne in Nigeria

Updated week of 12 October 2026 · diesel-indexed weekly

₦37.7 per tonne-km, road

+ ₦2,000 per tonne fixed loading & handling · a 30-tonne lorry over 500 km ≈ ₦625,989

▲ 2.0% vs the ₦1,650/litre diesel baseline

What haulage costs on real corridors (August 2026)

Corridor	Road distance	₦ / tonne	₦ / t-km	30t lorry
Illela (Sokoto) → Aba (Abia)	1,408 km	₦55,287	₦37.8	₦1,658,606
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Lagos (Lagos)	1,351 km	₦52,917	₦37.7	₦1,587,514
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Aba (Abia)	1,260 km	₦49,686	₦37.8	₦1,490,577
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Ibadan (Oyo)	1,203 km	₦47,349	₦37.7	₦1,420,467
Dawanau (Kano) → Lagos (Lagos)	1,192 km	₦46,928	₦37.7	₦1,407,831
Dawanau (Kano) → Aba (Abia)	1,132 km	₦44,830	₦37.8	₦1,344,900
Illela (Sokoto) → Gombe (Gombe)	1,075 km	₦42,773	₦37.9	₦1,283,184
Lagos (Lagos) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	1,042 km	₦41,282	₦37.7	₦1,238,454
Gombe (Gombe) → Aba (Abia)	1,027 km	₦40,827	₦37.8	₦1,224,803
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Lagos (Lagos)	968 km	₦38,501	₦37.7	₦1,155,045
Aba (Abia) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	875 km	₦35,127	₦37.8	₦1,053,818
Lagos (Lagos) → Aba (Abia)	677 km	₦27,461	₦37.6	₦823,823
Illela (Sokoto) → Dawanau (Kano)	555 km	₦23,045	₦37.9	₦691,357
Mai Adoua (Katsina) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	451 km	₦19,100	₦37.9	₦572,992
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	344 km	₦15,039	₦37.9	₦451,165
Kano (Kano) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	256 km	₦11,708	₦37.9	₦351,254

Rates are modelled, not quoted: base rate × road distance + fixed handling, scaled by the current diesel price with zonal shading from NBS price relativities. Distances are great-circle × 1.45 road-circuity. Use them to benchmark transporter quotes, not to replace them.

How diesel prices move haulage rates

Fuel is roughly half the running cost of a Nigerian haul. Our engine re-fetches the national diesel price weekly and scales the fuel share of every corridor rate — currently diesel at ₦1,716/litre against a ₦1,650 baseline (haulage index 1.0198) — so landed costs move when the pump price moves, not a quarter later.

Why this matters for landed cost

A commodity that looks cheap at the farm gate can be expensive delivered. Every price on this site can be paired with corridor haulage to give the landed cost per tonne — the number procurement teams, aggregators and lenders actually decide on. See the procurement use case for how buyers use it.

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