Bangui vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$4896
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$2149
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$525
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$3956
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	66
😀 Quality of life	8	98
🏙️ Population	889K	2.71M

The cost of living in Bangui is 75% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 8489th and 1813th ($526 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in the Central African Republic and Australia, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 1.9 months in Brisbane. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Brisbane ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 9279th and 9th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Brisbane

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	Bangui	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1022
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$1816
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$8291
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$6020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$32.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$9.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$8.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$13.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$24.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$3.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$76.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$1795
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$11423

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$808
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$494
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$496
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$836
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$858
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$506
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$505
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$671
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$621
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$596
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$536
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$957
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$644
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$793
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$543
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$698
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1363
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$849
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1241
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$879
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$618
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$595
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$665
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$755
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$928
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$538
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1413
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$508
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$505
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$555
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$536
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$960
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$708
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$520
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$536
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$397
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736