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Brazzaville vs. Dublin Cost of Living Summary

Brazzaville vs. Dublin Cost Breakdown

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

pay 47.5% less for restaurants

 
Dublin
Brazzaville
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $25.69
€22.17
$11.68
FCFA6,612
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$13.14
€11.34
$5.10
FCFA2,885
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.76
€2.38
$1.58
FCFA892

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pay 6.2% less for groceries

 
Dublin
Brazzaville
Bread
1 loaf
$2.18
€1.88
$4.99
FCFA2,822
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.43
€5.55
$3.38
FCFA1,913
Milk (1 gallon) $6.77
€5.84
$8.76
FCFA4,960

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pay 48.2% less for transportation

 
Dublin
Brazzaville
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.79
€6.72
$4.74
FCFA2,686
Monthly public transit pass $110.95
€95.75
$23.44
FCFA13,269
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $42,559.40
€36,728.72
$29,343.54
FCFA17M

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pay 10.4% more for housing

 
Dublin
Brazzaville
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$56.79
€49.01
$44.51
FCFA25,198
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $2,406.85
€2,077.11
$551.55
FCFA312K
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $2,011.21
€1,735.67
$465.04
FCFA263K

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pay 51.2% less for childcare

 
Dublin
Brazzaville
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,324.27
€1,142.85
$53.41
FCFA30,238
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $9,401.84
€8,113.78
$8,800.00
FCFA5M

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pay 42.0% less for entertainment and sports

 
Dublin
Brazzaville
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $8.18
€7.06
$5.81
FCFA3,286
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.77
€4.12
$4.05
FCFA2,292
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$21.02
€18.14
$3.25
FCFA1,840

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pay 23.5% less for clothing

 
Dublin
Brazzaville
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$108.66
€93.77
$57.50
FCFA32,550
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$50.22
€43.34
$60.00
FCFA33,965
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$114.78
€99.05
$100.00
FCFA56,609

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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: March 2026
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