Porto-Novo vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Porto-Novo	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$3962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1756	$8268
🏠 One person rent	$304	$2809
🏘️ Family rent	$476	$4461
🍽️ Food expenses	$314	$768
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.3	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$90.4	$5742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	29 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	23	87
😀 Quality of life	26	91
🏙️ Population	234K	1.01M

The cost of living in Porto-Novo is 81% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 7034th and 8th ($741 vs $3962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Benin and the United States, respectively. Check Benin vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Porto-Novo compared to 1.4 months in San Jose, United States. Porto-Novo ranked 2nd best city to live in Benin vs San Jose, United States ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 8958th and 148th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/porto-novo/san-jose-us.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Porto-Novo vs San Jose, United States infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/porto-novo/san-jose-us" target="_blank">Porto-Novo vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Porto-Novo vs San Jose, United States

Prices for goods and services in Porto-Novo and San Jose are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Porto-Novo	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.48	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$100
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.22	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.39	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$213	$3015
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$110	$2454
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$4507
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$199	$4037
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53	$74.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.59%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1379	$9481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$828	$9796
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.82	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$89.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$4.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.31	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$22.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$6.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$5.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$5.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.82	$3.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.68	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.36	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$130
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.54	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.9	$150
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$25	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$1802
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5806	$23160

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Porto-Novo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Cotonou	$796
87 km or 54 mi	Lagos	$1022
104 km or 65 mi	Abomey	$612
110 km or 68 mi	Abeokuta	$1017
159 km or 99 mi	Lome	$802
173 km or 108 mi	Save	$650
176 km or 109 mi	Ibadan	$759
201 km or 125 mi	Atakpame	$673
209 km or 130 mi	Oyo	$665
225 km or 140 mi	Kpalime	$678
238 km or 148 mi	Ho	$454
241 km or 150 mi	Ife	$775
248 km or 154 mi	Hohoe	$683
258 km or 160 mi	Osogbo	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Sotouboua	$673
297 km or 185 mi	Akure	$578
305 km or 190 mi	Tema	$607
306 km or 190 mi	Ashaiman	$654
309 km or 192 mi	Ilorin	$538
313 km or 195 mi	Ado Ekiti	$631
322 km or 200 mi	Koforidua	$703
322 km or 200 mi	Sokode	$675
325 km or 202 mi	Accra	$861
332 km or 206 mi	Benin	$655
337 km or 209 mi	Owo	$594
363 km or 225 mi	Warri	$878
375 km or 233 mi	Kara	$682
462 km or 287 mi	Onitsha	$922
468 km or 291 mi	Kumasi	$562
476 km or 296 mi	Obuasi	$664
493 km or 306 mi	Awka	$785
501 km or 311 mi	Owerri	$1555
502 km or 312 mi	Tamale	$612
515 km or 320 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$684
522 km or 324 mi	Port Harcourt	$618
539 km or 335 mi	Enugu	$587
547 km or 340 mi	Aba	$601
548 km or 341 mi	Umuahia	$849
556 km or 346 mi	Minna	$785
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1551

Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3488
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3608
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4273
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3379
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3257
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2871
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3508
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3603
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3254
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3805
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3181
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3589
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3261
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3382
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3395
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3137
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3771
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3489
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3359
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3520
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3017
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3065
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3676
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3593
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3604
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2910
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3094
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3831
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2983
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3007
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3346
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2859
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3282
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3778
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3264
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3277
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2089
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3245
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3212