Brazzaville vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brazzaville	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$580	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1458	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$247	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$481	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$211	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$3146
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	19	99
😀 Quality of life	35	95
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.15M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 74% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7901st and 1222nd ($580 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Congo and France, respectively. Check the Congo vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Brazzaville compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7456th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brazzaville vs Paris

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	Brazzaville	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.57	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$166	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$353	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1578	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$968	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.74	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.99	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.98	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.37	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.5	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.5	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.5	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3665	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293