Brazzaville vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brazzaville	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$580	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1458	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$247	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$481	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$211	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$1546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	19	96
😀 Quality of life	35	74
🏙️ Population	2.15M	13.1M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 53% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7901st and 4359th ($580 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Congo and Russia, respectively. Check the Congo vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Brazzaville compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7456th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brazzaville vs Moscow

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	Brazzaville	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.57	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$166	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$353	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1578	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$968	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.74	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.99	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.98	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.37	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.5	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.5	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.5	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3665	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592