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Cabo Verde vs. Benin Cost of Living Summary

Cabo Verde is 91.4% more expensive than Benin overall.

Restaurants: pay 80.5% more in Cabo Verde
Groceries: pay 44.6% more in Cabo Verde
Transportation: pay 87.4% more in Cabo Verde
Housing: pay 38.3% more in Cabo Verde
Childcare: pay 20.3% less in Cabo Verde
Entertainment and Sports: pay 24.9% more in Cabo Verde
Clothing: pay 4.8 times more in Cabo Verde

The cost of clothing, transportation, restaurants, groceries, housing, and entertainment and sports in Cabo Verde are more expensive than in Benin. Notably, clothing, transportation, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Cabo Verde.

Cabo Verde vs. Benin Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cabo Verde instead of Benin, you would:

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pay 80.5% more for restaurants

	Benin	Cabo Verde
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.56 F CFA1,990	$7.62 CVE716.88	+114.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.23 F CFA3,483	$7.18 CVE675.53	+15.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.93 F CFA522	$2.28 CVE214.79	+144.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.80 F CFA448	$1.19 CVE111.95	+48.5%
Average			+80.5%

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pay 44.6% more for groceries

	Benin	Cabo Verde
Bread 1 loaf	$1.60 F CFA896	$1.85 CVE174.28	+15.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.90 F CFA2,737	$9.18 CVE863.16	+87.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.90 F CFA6,090	$5.62 CVE528.95	-48.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.42 F CFA1,351	$2.65 CVE248.90	+9.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.36 F CFA1,320	$3.86 CVE363.49	+63.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.62 F CFA903	$1.60 CVE150.28	-1.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.85 F CFA474	$1.17 CVE110.35	+38.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.62 F CFA346	$1.48 CVE139.65	+139.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.74 F CFA414	$2.05 CVE192.42	+176.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.67 F CFA376	$0.60 CVE56.56	-10.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.67 F CFA376	$0.81 CVE76.01	+20.0%
Average			+44.6%

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pay 87.4% more for transportation

	Benin	Cabo Verde
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.13 F CFA2,309	$6.20 CVE583.05	+50.0%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$30.66 CVE2,884.58
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$30,364.84 CVE2,856,435.89
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.19 F CFA4,578	$18.41 CVE1,731.79	+124.8%
Average			+87.4%

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pay 38.3% more for housing

	Benin	Cabo Verde
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.45 F CFA28,195	$55.12 CVE5,185.24	+9.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$211.44 F CFA118,172	$408.47 CVE38,424.92	+93.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$142.45 F CFA79,611	$282.06 CVE26,533.47	+98.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$204.24 F CFA114,148	$107.81 CVE10,141.43	-47.2%
Average			+38.3%

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pay 20.3% less for childcare

	Benin	Cabo Verde
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$136.51 F CFA76,294	$149.25 CVE14,040.39	+9.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,786.92 F CFA3,234,189	$2,897.28 CVE272,548.19	-49.9%
Average			-20.3%

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pay 24.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Benin	Cabo Verde
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.07 F CFA597	$3.41 CVE320.65	+219.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.94 F CFA3,317	$1.71 CVE161.29	-71.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.56 F CFA1,990	$4.97 CVE467.64	+39.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$47.48 F CFA26,537	$33.73 CVE3,172.90	-29.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.90 F CFA4,976	$5.86 CVE551.24	-34.2%
Average			+24.9%

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pay 4.8 times more for clothing

	Benin	Cabo Verde
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.81 F CFA9,951	$60.02 CVE5,646.14	+237.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$8.90 F CFA4,976	$31.96 CVE3,006.77	+259.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$8.90 F CFA4,976	$85.23 CVE8,018.07	+857.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$48.97 F CFA27,366	$138.47 CVE13,025.50	+182.8%
Average			+384.1%

Benin vs. Cabo Verde - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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