Bangui vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$225	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$549
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	7	61
😀 Quality of life	8	69
🏙️ Population	889K	2M

The cost of living in Bangui is 28% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 8489th and 6924th ($526 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Central African Republic and Belarus, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 9279th and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Minsk

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	Bangui	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$11271

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879