Cost of living comparison
Brazzaville is 2.2 times more expensive than Baku.
If you lived in Brazzaville instead of Baku, you would:
pay 2.4 times more for restaurants
Baku
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.00
AZN17.00
|
$14.38
FCFA8,751
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.65
AZN13.00
|
$7.87
FCFA4,790
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.68
AZN1.16
|
$2.30
FCFA1,400
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.38
AZN0.65
|
$1.49
FCFA908
|
|
pay (unknown) more for groceries
Baku
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.46
AZN0.77
|
?? | |
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.72
AZN4.63
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.25
AZN8.93
|
?? | |
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.54
AZN2.62
|
?? | |
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.07
AZN3.51
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.48
AZN0.81
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.77
AZN1.31
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.66
AZN1.12
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.77
AZN1.31
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.29
AZN0.50
|
?? | |
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.23
AZN0.39
|
?? |
pay 66.6% more for transportation
Baku
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.58
AZN4.38
|
$4.29
FCFA2,613
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.65
AZN30.00
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,588.24
AZN35,000.00
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.18
AZN10.50
|
?? | |
pay 5.4 times more for housing
Baku
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$14.28
AZN24.28
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$481.00
AZN817.69
|
$559.96
FCFA340,773
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$270.59
AZN460.00
|
$360.53
FCFA219,405
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$45.42
AZN77.22
|
$621.28
FCFA378,090
|
|
pay 16.4% less for childcare
Baku
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$232.09
AZN394.55
|
$49.10
FCFA29,881
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,029.41
AZN10,250.00
|
$8,800.00
FCFA5,355,364
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for entertainment and sports
Baku
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.47
AZN2.50
|
$4.85
FCFA2,953
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.46
AZN5.89
|
$4.14
FCFA2,518
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.53
AZN6.00
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym |
$50.86
AZN86.47
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.88
AZN10.00
|
?? | |
pay 12.0% less for clothing
Baku
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$59.46
AZN101.08
|
$57.50
FCFA34,992
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$52.78
AZN89.73
|
$60.00
FCFA36,514
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$122.21
AZN207.76
|
$100.00
FCFA60,856
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$92.12
AZN156.60
|
$55.00
FCFA33,471
|
|
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