Bangui vs Vaduz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bangui	Vaduz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$526	$2541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$5949
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1259
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$2188
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$920
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$8230
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	7	28
😀 Quality of life	8	71
🏙️ Population	889K	5.67K

The cost of living in Bangui is 79% less expensive than in Vaduz. Cities ranked 8489th and 805th ($526 vs $2541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Central African Republic and Liechtenstein, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Liechtenstein comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 3.2 months in Vaduz. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Vaduz ranked 2nd in Liechtenstein, while ranked 9279th and 3536th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Vaduz

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	Bangui	Vaduz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.12	$31.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20	$88.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$19.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$6.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$4.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1245
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$993
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2286
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$264	$1784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.1	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$245
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$58.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.9%	7.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$16882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$7076
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$120
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$28.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$9.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$26.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$50.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$3.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$4.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.66	$19.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$2.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.73	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$8.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$4.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.18	$23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$99.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$47.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.1	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$180
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$375
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3018	$17420

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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 Vaduz

Distance	City	Cost of living
3 km or 1.9 mi	Schaan	$2443
12 km or 7.7 mi	Feldkirch	$2108
32 km or 20 mi	Chur	$2846
33 km or 21 mi	St. Gallen	$2694
34 km or 21 mi	Lustenau	$1944
35 km or 22 mi	Dornbirn	$2029
44 km or 27 mi	Bregenz	$1830
47 km or 29 mi	Lindau	$1719
51 km or 32 mi	Wil	$2650
53 km or 33 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3169
57 km or 36 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1839
59 km or 36 mi	Wetzikon	$3180
62 km or 38 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2924
64 km or 40 mi	Konstanz	$1887
65 km or 40 mi	Uster	$3249
65 km or 40 mi	Wadenswil	$3225
65 km or 40 mi	Wangen im Allgau	$1873
66 km or 41 mi	Frauenfeld	$2747
71 km or 44 mi	Sonthofen	$1730
71 km or 44 mi	Horgen	$3282
72 km or 45 mi	Ravensburg	$1880
72 km or 45 mi	Winterthur	$3207
74 km or 46 mi	Dubendorf	$3276
75 km or 46 mi	Weingarten	$1829
75 km or 47 mi	Uberlingen	$1810
76 km or 47 mi	Baar	$3381
76 km or 47 mi	Zug	$3836
78 km or 49 mi	Radolfzell	$1766
79 km or 49 mi	Zurich	$3691
83 km or 52 mi	Altstetten	$3392
85 km or 53 mi	Leutkirch im Allgau	$1817
85 km or 53 mi	Bulach	$3153
86 km or 54 mi	Singen	$1705
89 km or 55 mi	Bad Waldsee	$1836
89 km or 55 mi	Kempten	$1706
89 km or 56 mi	Dietikon	$3239
91 km or 57 mi	Schaffhausen	$2699
93 km or 58 mi	Lucerne	$3231
93 km or 58 mi	Emmen	$3197
95 km or 59 mi	Kriens	$3175