Bangui vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bangui	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$409
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1224	$1006
🏠 One person rent	$209	$142
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$243
🍽️ Food expenses	$205	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$67
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$254
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	7	79
😀 Quality of life	13	65
🏙️ Population	889K	6.6M

The cost of living in Bangui is 24% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 8641st and 8947th ($506 vs $409) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in the Central African Republic and India, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 0.6 months in Chennai. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Chennai ranked 2nd in India, while ranked 9225th and 5131st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bangui	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.08	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$10.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$4.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$201	$160
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$97.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$365	$282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$178
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$24
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$36.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.7	$7.79
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.85%	9.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1417	$1739
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$712
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.26	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$4.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$0.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.02	$5.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.69	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.14	$4.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$0.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$0.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.7	$15.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.94	$2.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.8	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$2.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.6	$37.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$104	$71.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3817	$1792

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$801
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$478
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$477
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$833
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$843
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$490
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$551
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$489
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$666
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$601
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$576
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$531
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$946
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$567
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$759
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$524
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$699
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1156
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$821
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1209
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$860
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$514
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$590
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1133
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$627
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$738
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$915
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$533
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$490
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1272
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$494
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$490
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$476
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$531
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$938
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$743
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$505
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$533
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$373
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$846

Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$306
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$232
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$302
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$322
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$508
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$294
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$320
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$348
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$339
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$317
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$283
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$507
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$290
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$339
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$325
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$331
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$274
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$303
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$273
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$292
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$265
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$330
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$328
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$317
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$290
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$332
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$280
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$342
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$313
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$359
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$255
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$281
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$247
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$327
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$271
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$264
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$259