Brazzaville vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brazzaville	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$580	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1458	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$247	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$481	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$211	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$1684
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	19	95
😀 Quality of life	35	86
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.6M

The cost of living in Brazzaville is 51% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 7901st and 4534th ($580 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Congo and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Congo vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Brazzaville compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Brazzaville ranked 1st best city to live in the Congo vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 7456th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brazzaville vs Taipei

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	Brazzaville	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.57	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$166	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$563	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$353	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1578	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$968	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.3	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.74	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.23	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.23	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.99	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.98	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.37	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.5	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.5	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.5	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3665	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581