Bangui vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Bangui	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1224	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$209	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$205	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$928
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	48
😀 Quality of life	13	63
🏙️ Population	889K	1.2M

The cost of living in Bangui is 52% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8641st and 5192nd ($506 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 9225th and 5476th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bangui	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.08	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$201	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$365	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.7	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.85%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1417	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.26	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.02	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.69	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.14	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.7	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.94	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.8	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.6	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$104	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3817	$5021

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873