Cost of living comparison
Brazzaville is 75.6% more expensive than Riyadh.
If you lived in Brazzaville instead of Riyadh, you would:
pay 2.4 times more for restaurants
Riyadh
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.00
SAR30.00
|
$14.38
FCFA8,670
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
SAR30.00
|
$7.87
FCFA4,746
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.80
SAR3.02
|
$2.30
FCFA1,387
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.37
SAR1.38
|
$1.49
FCFA900
|
|
pay (unknown) more for groceries
Riyadh
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.20
SAR4.49
|
?? | |
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.02
SAR15.06
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.57
SAR24.65
|
?? | |
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.66
SAR9.97
|
?? | |
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.82
SAR14.31
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.97
SAR3.63
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.77
SAR2.90
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.77
SAR2.90
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.81
SAR3.04
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.60
SAR2.25
|
?? | |
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.67
SAR2.51
|
?? |
pay 87.4% more for transportation
Riyadh
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.29
SAR8.59
|
$4.29
FCFA2,589
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$27.82
SAR104.34
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$31,995.90
SAR119,986.21
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$16.80
SAR62.99
|
?? | |
pay 3.2 times more for housing
Riyadh
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$75.45
SAR282.95
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,149.81
SAR4,311.83
|
$559.96
FCFA337,614
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$771.57
SAR2,893.42
|
$360.53
FCFA217,371
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$71.19
SAR266.98
|
$621.28
FCFA374,585
|
|
pay 54.0% less for childcare
Riyadh
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$398.81
SAR1,495.55
|
$49.10
FCFA29,604
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$11,026.17
SAR41,348.70
|
$8,800.00
FCFA5,305,721
|
|
pay 65.8% more for entertainment and sports
Riyadh
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.00
SAR7.50
|
$4.85
FCFA2,926
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.65
SAR17.45
|
$4.14
FCFA2,495
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$7.47
SAR28.00
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym |
$107.87
SAR404.53
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$17.33
SAR64.99
|
?? | |
pay 10.6% less for clothing
Riyadh
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$54.05
SAR202.67
|
$57.50
FCFA34,668
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$58.60
SAR219.76
|
$60.00
FCFA36,175
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$107.57
SAR403.41
|
$100.00
FCFA60,292
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$98.29
SAR368.58
|
$55.00
FCFA33,161
|
|
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