Haulage cost per tonne in Nigeria

Updated July 2026 · diesel-indexed weekly

₦37.1 per tonne-km, road

+ ₦2,000 per tonne fixed loading & handling · a 30-tonne lorry over 500 km ≈ ₦616,832

▲ 0.3% vs the ₦1,650/litre diesel baseline

What haulage costs on real corridors (July 2026)

Corridor	Road distance	₦ / tonne	₦ / t-km	30t lorry
Illela (Sokoto) → Aba (Abia)	1,408 km	₦54,422	₦37.2	₦1,632,649
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Lagos (Lagos)	1,351 km	₦52,093	₦37.1	₦1,562,802
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Aba (Abia)	1,260 km	₦48,912	₦37.2	₦1,467,348
Gujungu (Jigawa) → Aba (Abia)	1,215 km	₦47,231	₦37.2	₦1,416,938
Dawanau (Kano) → Lagos (Lagos)	1,192 km	₦46,201	₦37.1	₦1,386,026
Dawanau (Kano) → Aba (Abia)	1,132 km	₦44,135	₦37.2	₦1,324,036
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Gombe (Gombe)	1,092 km	₦42,725	₦37.3	₦1,281,756
Saminaka (Kaduna) → Lagos (Lagos)	1,042 km	₦40,646	₦37.1	₦1,219,389
Giwa (Kaduna) → Aba (Abia)	988 km	₦38,794	₦37.2	₦1,163,823
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Lagos (Lagos)	968 km	₦37,911	₦37.1	₦1,137,329
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Ibadan (Oyo)	829 km	₦32,729	₦37.1	₦981,883
Gwandu (Kebbi) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	720 km	₦28,889	₦37.3	₦866,675
Mai Adoua (Katsina) → Gombe (Gombe)	659 km	₦26,572	₦37.3	₦797,175
Dawanau (Kano) → Gombe (Gombe)	522 km	₦21,488	₦37.3	₦644,644
Gombe (Gombe) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	396 km	₦16,755	₦37.3	₦502,658
Kano (Kano) → Saminaka (Kaduna)	256 km	₦11,550	₦37.3	₦346,513

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 ₦1,661/litre against a ₦1,650 baseline (haulage index 1.0033) — 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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