Brazzaville vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brazzaville	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$580	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1458	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$247	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$481	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$211	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$686
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	19	61
😀 Quality of life	35	67
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.99M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 20% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 7901st and 6769th ($580 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Congo and Belarus, respectively. Check the Congo vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Brazzaville compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 7456th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brazzaville vs Minsk

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	Brazzaville	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.57	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$166	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$353	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1578	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$968	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.74	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.99	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.98	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.37	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.5	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.5	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.5	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3665	$10220

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Cities near Brazzaville

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
59 km or 37 mi	Kinkala	$520
119 km or 74 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
193 km or 120 mi	Madingou	$519
221 km or 137 mi	Kayes	$523
252 km or 157 mi	Gamboma	$522
264 km or 164 mi	Matadi	$844
304 km or 189 mi	Boma	$821
370 km or 230 mi	Cabinda	$676
383 km or 238 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
401 km or 249 mi	Kikwit	$876
424 km or 264 mi	N'zeto	$788
465 km or 289 mi	Ambriz	$863
556 km or 346 mi	Luanda	$1012
586 km or 364 mi	Mbandaka	$850
656 km or 408 mi	Tshikapa	$934
814 km or 506 mi	Kananga	$976
823 km or 511 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
829 km or 515 mi	Libreville	$668
917 km or 570 mi	Bata	$1121
920 km or 572 mi	Lobito	$645
943 km or 586 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
944 km or 586 mi	Benguela	$671
946 km or 588 mi	Huambo	$577
950 km or 591 mi	Berberati	$482
953 km or 592 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
973 km or 605 mi	Gemena	$767
979 km or 608 mi	Luena	$634
996 km or 619 mi	Yaounde	$747
1000 km or 621 mi	Gandajika	$828
1027 km or 638 mi	Bangui	$513
1073 km or 667 mi	Bumba	$806
1079 km or 670 mi	Sao Tome	$900
1084 km or 673 mi	Trindade	$900
1114 km or 692 mi	Douala	$1265
1141 km or 709 mi	Limbe	$655
1148 km or 713 mi	Malabo	$741
1154 km or 717 mi	Buea	$601
1183 km or 735 mi	Kumba	$764
1189 km or 739 mi	Kindu	$746

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850