Bangui vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$225	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$881
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	8	73
🏙️ Population	889K	13.3M

The cost of living in Bangui is 63% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8489th and 4141st ($526 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Central African Republic and Russia, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 9279th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Moscow

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	Bangui	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772