Bangui vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$225	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	46
😀 Quality of life	8	60
🏙️ Population	889K	1.2M

The cost of living in Bangui is 40% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8489th and 6322nd ($526 vs $882) 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9279th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Bangui	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758