Bangui vs Cologne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Cologne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$1968
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1830
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$536
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$196
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$3266
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	7	91
😀 Quality of life	8	96
🏙️ Population	889K	1.09M

The cost of living in Bangui is 73% less expensive than in Cologne. Cities ranked 8489th and 2104th ($526 vs $1968) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in the Central African Republic and Germany, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 1.7 months in Cologne. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Cologne ranked 1st in Germany, while ranked 9279th and 23rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Cologne

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	Bangui	Cologne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$71.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$5.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$3.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$870
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$1478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$6855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$5848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$3.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$67.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$4.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$7.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$9.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$54.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$98
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$773
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$19386

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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 Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1759
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1745
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1744
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1741
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1740
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1726
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1750
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1699
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1711
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1736
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1695
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1770
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1694
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1678
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1716
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1642
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1747
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1957
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1674
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1691
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1654
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1645
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1666
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1608
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1661
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1611
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1650
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1613
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1662
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1979