Bangui vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bangui	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$522	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1246	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$218	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$359	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.1	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$88.4	$912
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	8
😀 Quality of life	12	48
🏙️ Population	889K	24.7K

The cost of living in Bangui is 68% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8582nd and 3471st ($522 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Central African Republic and the Seychelles, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Bangui compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 9253rd and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Victoria

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	Bangui	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.23	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.68	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$214	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.3	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.86%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1430	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$822	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.1	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.46	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.97	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.66	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.91	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.39	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.61	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.6	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.7	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3440	$8971

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$816
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$492
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$494
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$851
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$857
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$504
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$550
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$506
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$668
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$608
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$584
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$543
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$961
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$631
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$750
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$540
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$687
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1254
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$834
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1239
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$876
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$581
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$602
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1163
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$641
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$750
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$932
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$543
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$505
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$1344
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$507
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$503
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$535
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$544
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$919
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$745
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$521
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$544
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$386
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$859

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419