Brazzaville vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brazzaville	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$595	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1428	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$252	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$420	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.2	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$189	$434
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	19	61
😀 Quality of life	37	63
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.42M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 17% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7864th and 8604th ($595 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 22nd in the Congo and Ukraine, respectively. Check the Congo vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Brazzaville compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 8178th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brazzaville vs Kharkiv

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	Brazzaville	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$301	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.3	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.52%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1607	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.77	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.51	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.48	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.4	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.24	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$31	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.3	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4006	$3156

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586