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What does it cost to send money from United Kingdom to Nigeria?

We test a £200.00 personal bank transfer and rank the amount that reaches the recipient.

Latest saved result16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTCChecks are dated in UTC · collection scheduled daily
Most money delivered by a verified quote todayPendingNo comparable completed quote collected today
Gap between completed quotesPendingMeasured on the same £200.00 transfer
Companies on our watchlist340 results today · 7 previous results · 0 comparable today
PROVIDER RESULTS

Latest available provider results

Each provider shows its latest result from today, or its freshest saved result in grey. Previous results and calculator estimates stay outside today's price ranking.

CompanyRate and visible feeWhat arrivesOur receipt
TS
Taptap SendCheck provider
1,802.36Fee £0.00
NGN 360,472Previous result · not a current quote
Open receipt16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC

Public destination calculator. This evidence does not complete a like-for-like transfer, so it stays out of the winner calculation.

TG
TransferGoUsually within one hour
1,789.86692Fee £0.00
NGN 357,973Previous result · not a current quote
Open receipt16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC

Promotional TransferGo quote. We keep the receipt, but a price available only to selected customers cannot win the standard table.

WI
WiseWise estimate PT1S
1,801.6Fee £1.70
NGN 357,257Previous result · not a current quote
Open receipt16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC

Wise comparison estimate for a bank-funded transfer. This evidence does not complete a like-for-like transfer, so it stays out of the winner calculation.

IR
InstaremCheck provider
1,759.4078Fee £0.00
NGN 351,882Previous result · not a current quote
Open receipt16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC

First-transfer Instarem offer. We keep the receipt, but a price available only to selected customers cannot win the standard table.

XM
XoomCheck provider
1,754.72353Fee £1.89
NGN 347,628Previous result · not a current quote
Open receipt15 Oct 2026, 21:15 UTC

Wise comparison estimate for a bank-funded transfer. This evidence does not complete a like-for-like transfer, so it stays out of the winner calculation.

WU
Western UnionCheck provider
1,755.42816Fee £1.99
NGN 347,592Previous result · not a current quote
Open receipt16 Oct 2026, 00:21 UTC

Wise comparison estimate for a bank-funded transfer. This evidence does not complete a like-for-like transfer, so it stays out of the winner calculation.

27 monitored providers have no saved result for this transfer

CurrencyFair, Atlantic Money, Ria Money Transfer, SingX, Remitly, Revolut, Starling Bank, NatWest Business, Lloyds Bank Business, Santander UK, HSBC UK, Barclays, NatWest, RBS, Nationwide, Monese, Skrill, PayPal, Asda Money, Paysend, WorldRemit, ACE Money Transfer, Profee, OrbitRemit, MoneyGram, OFX, LemFi.

They are omitted from the table until we have a usable result for the amount and currencies shown. This does not mean the provider cannot offer the transfer.

A provider button may earn us money. The receipt link does not; it opens the evidence we stored independently.

Open a receipt to inspect the saved evidence and its UTC date. Grey results are historical reference points; recheck the provider's current rate before transferring. Providers without a matching saved result are listed in the note below the table.

THE ROUTE IN CONTEXT

Comparing transfers from the United Kingdom to Nigeria

The starting point here is a GBP 200 transfer, with the recipient paid in NGN. That fixed amount makes the offers above easier to compare. Choosing a company also means checking how the payment is funded, what the recipient needs to collect it and what support is available if delivery takes longer than expected.

Today’s sample for this route contains 0 providers with a usable result, of which 0 qualify as verified, standard bank-to-bank offers. There are not enough comparable offers today to calculate a meaningful price spread. Older receipts remain useful as dated references in the table above.

Put this route beside a useful comparison

Our United Kingdom–Australia, United Kingdom–Canada, United Kingdom–France routes use the same GBP 200 test amount and sending market. They are useful peers for checking how many providers we can observe and how widely their recipient amounts differ.

A higher number of NGN received cannot tell you whether this route is cheaper than one paying another currency. Compare the total cost against an appropriate exchange-rate benchmark, or compare offers within this route using the same budget and payout method.

Choose the payment method before the headline rate

For bank deposits in NGN, the receiving account format is 10-digit NUBAN account number. The recipient checklist for Nigeria explains which identifiers to request. A transfer company using a local payment route may ask for different information from a bank sending a direct international wire.

Keep bank-funded and card-funded offers separate when comparing costs. Check whether the quoted fee is inside your sending budget or charged on top, then use the recipient amount on the final confirmation screen. A fee advertised as zero can still accompany an exchange-rate markup. Delivery estimates also depend on the funding method and any required checks.

Read the Nigeria receiving-account checklist →

Read customer feedback for the problem you need solved

For a regular GBP 200 payment, look for reports about repeat transfers, recipient setup and resolving a delayed payment. For a larger one-off transfer, ask about limits, the documents required and how to reach a person before funding the transfer. A positive comment about an account or card does not establish that a company offers good value on GBP/NGN.

Our company reviews separate published customer feedback from the prices collected here. They show the source, review date and whether the feedback covers money transfers or a wider business. Use those themes to form questions for the provider; use a current quote to judge the price of this particular transfer.

Compare two companies’ fees, access and customer feedback →

Sending NGN back the other way

The return journey, Nigeria to United Kingdom, is tested with NGN 1,550,000. That changes the sending market and the budget. A company available to customers in the United Kingdom may offer different products, fees or eligibility to customers in Nigeria.

Do not estimate the reverse transfer by turning an exchange rate upside down. Request a quote for the reverse direction, using its actual funding and payout methods. Compare the displayed fee and the amount the recipient will receive, including any disclosed receiving charges.

Compare Nigeria to United Kingdom →
HISTORICAL BENCHMARK · Q3 2025

Where Nigeria sat in the UK cost study

Our analysis of the World Bank’s Remittance Prices Worldwide observations estimated an average cost of £2.99 on a £200 transfer to Nigeria, equivalent to 1.49%. This is a dated comparison point for understanding the route, rather than a quote available today.

Average cost in the £200 scenario
£2.99
Service observations / firms
31 / 9
Cost position, lowest first
2 of 33

The cost position compares the 33 UK outbound corridors in that study. The £200 figures were calculated by linear interpolation between the World Bank’s observed £120 and £300 baskets. A service observation is a particular firm, product, funding and payout combination; it is not a customer transaction. The averages are not weighted by market share.

  • Bank account: 0.90%
    20 service observations
  • Cash collection: 2.58%
    11 service observations

These payout averages use different sets of offers. Their difference does not isolate the price of changing payout method with the same provider. Check matched offers before attributing a higher cost to cash, an account or a wallet.

Nearby cost averages among the UK routes covered on this site were India: £2.77; Pakistan: £3.23; Poland: £4.44 per £200 in the same historical scenario. Different providers and payout mixes mean those averages cannot rank today’s offers.

Source: World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide, Q3 2025; adapted calculations by Finofin Limited. Read the full study and methodology. Original observations and adapted calculations are credited under CC BY 4.0.

COMPARE THE CONTEXT

How does this route compare?

Choose another route to compare the evidence collected today. A wider range of offers gives you more prices to check; it does not guarantee a cheaper transfer.

THIS ROUTE

United Kingdom → Nigeria

Amount tested
GBP 200
Recipient currency
NGN
Providers with a result today
0
Verified, standard bank offers today
0
Recipient amount spread
Not enough comparable evidence
See NGN offers and receipts →
COMPARISON ROUTE

United Kingdom → Australia

Amount tested
GBP 200
Recipient currency
AUD
Providers with a result today
0
Verified, standard bank offers today
0
Recipient amount spread
Not enough comparable evidence
See AUD offers and receipts →

These routes use the same sending country, currency and test amount, which makes their coverage easier to compare. Recipient amounts in different currencies are not a common measure of value.

What does the spread measure?

We subtract the lowest recipient amount from the highest, divide by the highest, and express the difference as a percentage. The calculation needs at least two verified, standard bank-to-bank offers from today (UTC). It excludes introductory offers, indicative estimates and previous-day results. Each provider contributes its latest usable result.

This is the spread between our observed offers, not the exchange-rate margin or the total cost of sending money. Quotes can have different capture times and are not guaranteed to remain bookable. A zero spread means the included results match; it does not mean the transfer is free.

Comparison context prepared by the OMT research desk, 29 September 2026. Live figures use today’s UTC receipts; historical figures retain their stated study period.

BEFORE YOU PAY

Check the bank details for Nigeria

GB → NG · NGN bank-account payout

Account format10-digit NUBAN account number
Ask the recipient forRecipient name · Bank · NUBAN
SWIFT/BICOften requested for a direct wire
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Full Nigeria checklistSWIFT guideBIC checker

A format match cannot confirm the recipient, account ownership or that a payment is safe. Transfer companies may use local rails and ask for fewer fields than a direct bank wire.

HISTORY

What providers quoted before today

A fresh rate replaces the headline figure, not the record behind it.

CheckedProvider and transfer caseQuoted recipient amountEvidence
16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTCWise £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 357,257View proof
16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTCTransferGo £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · promotion · indicativeNGN 357,973View proof
16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTCTaptap Send £200.00 · Debit card or supported local payment method to Destination quote; payout method varies · indicativeNGN 360,472View proof
16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTCInstarem £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · promotion · indicativeNGN 351,882View proof
16 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTCXe £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 353,287View proof
16 Oct 2026, 00:21 UTCWestern Union £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 347,592View proof
15 Oct 2026, 21:15 UTCXoom £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 347,628View proof
15 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTCWise £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 357,297View proof
15 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTCTaptap Send £200.00 · Debit card or supported local payment method to Destination quote; payout method varies · indicativeNGN 357,000View proof
15 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTCInstarem £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · promotion · indicativeNGN 351,097View proof
15 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTCXe £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 352,537View proof
15 Oct 2026, 04:21 UTCWestern Union £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 347,941View proof
14 Oct 2026, 13:12 UTCXoom £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 349,539View proof
14 Oct 2026, 00:23 UTCWise £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 357,973View proof
14 Oct 2026, 00:23 UTCTransferGo £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · promotion · indicativeNGN 357,504View proof
14 Oct 2026, 00:23 UTCTaptap Send £200.00 · Debit card or supported local payment method to Destination quote; payout method varies · indicativeNGN 358,000View proof
14 Oct 2026, 00:23 UTCInstarem £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · promotion · indicativeNGN 351,191View proof
14 Oct 2026, 00:23 UTCXe £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 352,109View proof
14 Oct 2026, 00:21 UTCWestern Union £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 347,389View proof
13 Oct 2026, 04:55 UTCXoom £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 347,513View proof
13 Oct 2026, 00:43 UTCWise £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · indicativeNGN 356,904View proof
13 Oct 2026, 00:43 UTCTransferGo £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · promotion · indicativeNGN 356,362View proof
13 Oct 2026, 00:43 UTCTaptap Send £200.00 · Debit card or supported local payment method to Destination quote; payout method varies · indicativeNGN 356,600View proof
13 Oct 2026, 00:43 UTCInstarem £200.00 · bank transfer to bank deposit · promotion · indicativeNGN 347,900View proof
REVIEWED BY

The names attached to this work

The checking desk produces the rate records. Finofin Limited is responsible for the published explanations and for correcting them when the evidence changes.

AR
Alon RajicPublisher and research leadBackground and responsibilities →
RG
Russell GousHead of contentBackground and responsibilities →