Brazzaville vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brazzaville	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$580	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1458	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$247	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$481	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$211	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$2731
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	19	72
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	2.15M	7.01M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 65% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7901st and 2911th ($580 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Congo and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the Congo vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Brazzaville compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7456th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brazzaville vs Riyadh

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	Brazzaville	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.57	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$166	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$353	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1578	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$968	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.74	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.99	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.98	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.37	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.5	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.5	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.5	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3665	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529