Brazzaville vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brazzaville	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$595	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1428	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$252	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$420	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$68.2	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$189	$881
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	19	96
😀 Quality of life	37	73
🏙️ Population	2.15M	13.3M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7864th and 4141st ($595 vs $1438) 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 0.3 months in Brazzaville compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8178th and 2664th 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	$3.66	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$301	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.3	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.52%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1607	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.6	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.77	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.64	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.22	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.51	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.48	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.4	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.24	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$31	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.3	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4006	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772