Onitsha vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Onitsha	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$354	$3502
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$765	$7476
🏠 One person rent	$204	$2428
🏘️ Family rent	$343	$4021
🍽️ Food expenses	$90	$717
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$195
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$109	$6928
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	36	87
😀 Quality of life	17	92
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.01M

The cost of living in Onitsha is 90% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 9080th and 22nd ($354 vs $3502) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 20th in Nigeria and the United States, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Onitsha compared to 2 months in San Jose, United States. Onitsha ranked 14th best city to live in Nigeria vs San Jose, United States ranked 9th in the United States, while ranked 9077th and 69th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Onitsha vs San Jose, United States

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	Onitsha	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.29	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$7.9	$87.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$1.78	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.43	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$0.91	$5.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.18	$3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$2372
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$189	$2164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$479	$4451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$3536
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$5.82	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.94	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.7	$84.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.87%	6.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$553	$13837
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$255	$9980
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.07	$108
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.19	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.19	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$4.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.28	$4.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.6	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$14.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.11	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.56	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.73	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.33	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.87	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.26	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.95	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$4.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.42	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.88	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.61	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$11.2	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$27.3	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.8	$1687
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$704	$15889

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Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$325
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$507
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$290
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$330
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$315
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$233
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$351
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$327
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$272
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$243
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$237
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$247
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$250
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$310
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$288
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$860
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$262
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$990
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$587
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$314
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$683
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$407
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$436
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$448
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$313
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$826
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1300
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$761
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$697
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$269
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$732
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$210
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$676
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$677
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$265
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$272
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1242
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$567
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$678
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$617

Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3272
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3301
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4204
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3222
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3057
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2974
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3184
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3171
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3064
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3733
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3012
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3186
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3003
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3313
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2922
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3389
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3422
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3300
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3644
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2952
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3047
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$2908
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3567
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3518
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2660
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3109
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3583
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2969
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3219
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2860
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3163
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$2929
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3147
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3358
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2141
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3123