Haulage cost per tonne in Nigeria

Updated week of 5 October 2026 · diesel-indexed weekly

₦38.1 per tonne-km, road

+ ₦2,000 per tonne fixed loading & handling · a 30-tonne lorry over 500 km ≈ ₦631,816

▲ 3.0% 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	₦55,835	₦38.2	₦1,675,038
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Lagos (Lagos)	1,351 km	₦53,439	₦38.1	₦1,603,157
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Aba (Abia)	1,260 km	₦50,176	₦38.2	₦1,505,281
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Ibadan (Oyo)	1,203 km	₦47,813	₦38.1	₦1,434,399
Dawanau (Kano) → Lagos (Lagos)	1,192 km	₦47,388	₦38.1	₦1,421,634
Dawanau (Kano) → Aba (Abia)	1,132 km	₦45,270	₦38.2	₦1,358,107
Illela (Sokoto) → Gombe (Gombe)	1,075 km	₦43,193	₦38.3	₦1,295,781
Lagos (Lagos) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	1,042 km	₦41,684	₦38.1	₦1,250,522
Gombe (Gombe) → Aba (Abia)	1,027 km	₦41,226	₦38.2	₦1,236,767
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Lagos (Lagos)	968 km	₦38,875	₦38.1	₦1,166,259
Aba (Abia) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	875 km	₦35,468	₦38.2	₦1,064,033
Lagos (Lagos) → Aba (Abia)	677 km	₦27,721	₦38.0	₦831,624
Illela (Sokoto) → Dawanau (Kano)	555 km	₦23,262	₦38.3	₦697,864
Mai Adoua (Katsina) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	451 km	₦19,276	₦38.3	₦578,278
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	344 km	₦15,173	₦38.3	₦455,197
Kano (Kano) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	256 km	₦11,809	₦38.3	₦354,256

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 ₦1,750/litre against a ₦1,650 baseline (haulage index 1.0303) — 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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