Brazzaville vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brazzaville	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$595	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1428	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$252	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$420	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.2	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$189	$882
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	19	91
😀 Quality of life	37	72
🏙️ Population	2.15M	11.9M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 28% less expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 7864th and 6563rd ($595 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in the Congo and China, respectively. Check the Congo vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Brazzaville compared to 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 8178th and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Brazzaville vs Hangzhou infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brazzaville/hangzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brazzaville vs Hangzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brazzaville/hangzhou" target="_blank">Brazzaville vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brazzaville vs Hangzhou

Prices for goods and services in Brazzaville and Hangzhou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brazzaville	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$301	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.3	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.52%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1607	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.77	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.51	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.48	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.4	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.24	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$31	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.3	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4006	$28925

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Brazzaville

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
59 km or 37 mi	Kinkala	$538
119 km or 74 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864
193 km or 120 mi	Madingou	$536
221 km or 137 mi	Kayes	$536
252 km or 157 mi	Gamboma	$536
264 km or 164 mi	Matadi	$893
304 km or 189 mi	Boma	$871
370 km or 230 mi	Cabinda	$706
383 km or 238 mi	Pointe-Noire	$585
401 km or 249 mi	Kikwit	$928
424 km or 264 mi	N'zeto	$853
465 km or 289 mi	Ambriz	$946
556 km or 346 mi	Luanda	$1116
586 km or 364 mi	Mbandaka	$836
656 km or 408 mi	Tshikapa	$993
814 km or 506 mi	Kananga	$1029
823 km or 511 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
829 km or 515 mi	Libreville	$708
917 km or 570 mi	Bata	$1241
920 km or 572 mi	Lobito	$684
943 km or 586 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1059
944 km or 586 mi	Benguela	$719
946 km or 588 mi	Huambo	$606
950 km or 591 mi	Berberati	$494
953 km or 592 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$897
973 km or 605 mi	Gemena	$808
979 km or 608 mi	Luena	$682
996 km or 619 mi	Yaounde	$671
1000 km or 621 mi	Gandajika	$885
1027 km or 638 mi	Bangui	$526
1073 km or 667 mi	Bumba	$858
1079 km or 670 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
1084 km or 673 mi	Trindade	$1044
1114 km or 692 mi	Douala	$1363
1141 km or 709 mi	Limbe	$755
1148 km or 713 mi	Malabo	$1413
1154 km or 717 mi	Buea	$665
1183 km or 735 mi	Kumba	$849
1189 km or 739 mi	Kindu	$793

Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753