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Brazzaville vs. Bangkok Cost of Living Summary

Brazzaville is 59.7% more expensive than Bangkok.

Restaurants: pay 2.8 times more in Brazzaville
Groceries: pay 33.0% more in Brazzaville
Transportation: pay 16.1% less in Brazzaville
Housing: pay 3.6 times more in Brazzaville
Childcare: pay 62.7% less in Brazzaville
Entertainment and Sports: pay 20.2% more in Brazzaville
Clothing: pay 2.9% more in Brazzaville

The cost of housing, restaurants, groceries, entertainment and sports, and clothing in Brazzaville are more expensive than in Bangkok. Expenses including childcare and transportation are lower in Brazzaville. Notably, housing and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Brazzaville.

Brazzaville vs. Bangkok Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Brazzaville instead of Bangkok, you would:

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pay 2.8 times more for restaurants

	Bangkok	Brazzaville
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.10 THB98.65	$11.68 FCFA6,579	+276.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.20 THB197.30	$5.10 FCFA2,871	-17.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.79 THB25.19	$1.58 FCFA888	+99.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 THB10.61	$1.58 FCFA888	+372.9%
Average			+182.7%

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pay 33.0% more for groceries

	Bangkok	Brazzaville
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 THB45.81	$4.99 FCFA2,808	+246.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.50 THB270.59	$3.38 FCFA1,904	-60.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.23 THB230.01	$8.76 FCFA4,936	+21.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.28 THB72.68	$2.94 FCFA1,656	+28.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.38 THB43.91	$2.16 FCFA1,216	+56.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.59 THB50.61	$1.11 FCFA626	-30.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 THB25.98	$0.81 FCFA455	-1.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.02 THB32.56	$1.66 FCFA933	+61.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 THB27.13	$1.16 FCFA654	+36.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.72 THB22.92	$0.84 FCFA473	+16.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.65 THB20.65	$0.57 FCFA319	-12.7%
Average			+33.0%

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pay 16.1% less for transportation

	Bangkok	Brazzaville
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.69 THB149.30	$4.74 FCFA2,673	+1.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$37.21 THB1,183.78	$23.44 FCFA13,205	-37.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,206.42 THB1,183,775.25	$29,343.54 FCFA16,530,488	-21.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$11.63 THB369.93	$10.74 FCFA6,051	-7.6%
Average			-16.1%

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pay 3.6 times more for housing

	Bangkok	Brazzaville
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$16.91 THB537.90	$44.51 FCFA25,076	+163.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$675.06 THB21,477.90	$551.55 FCFA310,710	-18.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$321.97 THB10,243.81	$465.04 FCFA261,978	+44.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$68.69 THB2,185.37	$646.27 FCFA364,073	+840.9%
Average			+257.6%

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pay 62.7% less for childcare

	Bangkok	Brazzaville
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$609.37 THB19,388.11	$53.41 FCFA30,091	-91.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,346.39 THB424,634.53	$8,800.00 FCFA4,957,422	-34.1%
Average			-62.7%

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pay 20.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Bangkok	Brazzaville
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.79 THB88.78	$5.81 FCFA3,270	+108.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.54 THB80.83	$4.05 FCFA2,281	+59.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.40 THB139.83	$3.25 FCFA1,831	-26.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.03 THB1,623.73	$44.51 FCFA25,076	-12.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.06 THB256.48	$5.84 FCFA3,290	-27.5%
Average			+20.2%

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pay 2.9% more for clothing

	Bangkok	Brazzaville
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$58.81 THB1,870.97	$57.50 FCFA32,392	-2.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.03 THB1,210.07	$60.00 FCFA33,801	+57.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.24 THB3,316.45	$100.00 FCFA56,334	-4.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$91.47 THB2,910.11	$55.00 FCFA30,984	-39.9%
Average			+2.9%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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