Porto-Novo vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Porto-Novo	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$670	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1674	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$289	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$534	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$54	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$101	$947
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	29 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	23	81
😀 Quality of life	16	67
🏙️ Population	264K	5.6M

The cost of living in Porto-Novo is 31% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 7061st and 5668th ($670 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Benin and Russia, respectively. Check Benin vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Porto-Novo compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Porto-Novo ranked 2nd best city to live in Benin vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 9002nd and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Porto-Novo vs Saint Petersburg

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	Porto-Novo	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.79	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.1	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.72	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$116	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$450	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.5	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.96%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1503	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$911	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.16	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.68	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.04	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.9	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.82	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.2	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$170	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5849	$7571

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Cities near Porto-Novo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Cotonou	$709
87 km or 54 mi	Lagos	$1113
104 km or 65 mi	Abomey	$590
110 km or 68 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
159 km or 99 mi	Lome	$755
173 km or 108 mi	Save	$613
176 km or 109 mi	Ibadan	$776
201 km or 125 mi	Atakpame	$647
209 km or 130 mi	Oyo	$677
225 km or 140 mi	Kpalime	$632
238 km or 148 mi	Ho	$354
241 km or 150 mi	Ife	$779
248 km or 154 mi	Hohoe	$575
258 km or 160 mi	Osogbo	$695
293 km or 182 mi	Sotouboua	$649
297 km or 185 mi	Akure	$634
305 km or 190 mi	Tema	$553
306 km or 190 mi	Ashaiman	$560
309 km or 192 mi	Ilorin	$535
313 km or 195 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
322 km or 200 mi	Koforidua	$588
322 km or 200 mi	Sokode	$651
325 km or 202 mi	Accra	$729
332 km or 206 mi	Benin	$558
337 km or 209 mi	Owo	$651
363 km or 225 mi	Warri	$881
375 km or 233 mi	Kara	$658
462 km or 287 mi	Onitsha	$972
468 km or 291 mi	Kumasi	$433
476 km or 296 mi	Obuasi	$551
493 km or 306 mi	Awka	$805
501 km or 311 mi	Owerri	$1611
502 km or 312 mi	Tamale	$507
515 km or 320 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
522 km or 324 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
539 km or 335 mi	Enugu	$462
547 km or 340 mi	Aba	$621
548 km or 341 mi	Umuahia	$883
556 km or 346 mi	Minna	$743
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1502

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441