Cost of living comparison
Brazzaville is 68.5% more expensive than Greece.
If you lived in Brazzaville instead of Greece, you would:
pay 12.1% more for restaurants
Greece
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$12.71
€11.80
|
$10.56
FCFA6,436
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.10
€7.52
|
$11.60
FCFA7,064
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.99
€1.85
|
$2.33
FCFA1,417
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.68
€0.63
|
$0.71
FCFA434
|
|
pay 92.6% more for groceries
Greece
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.16
€1.08
|
$1.67
FCFA1,017
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.97
€4.62
|
$4.75
FCFA2,893
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.63
€5.23
|
$8.16
FCFA4,973
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.81
€3.53
|
$3.00
FCFA1,830
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.64
€3.38
|
$2.16
FCFA1,317
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.86
€0.80
|
$2.27
FCFA1,383
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.86
€0.79
|
$1.37
FCFA837
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.62
€0.57
|
$1.89
FCFA1,153
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.83
€0.77
|
$2.77
FCFA1,686
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.53
€0.49
|
$1.14
FCFA692
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.48
€0.44
|
$1.51
FCFA922
|
|
pay 17.8% more for transportation
Greece
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$8.80
€8.18
|
$3.79
FCFA2,306
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$40.24
€37.37
|
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$22,158.38
€20,577.38
|
$44,341.60
FCFA27,010,882
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.03
€12.10
|
$14.35
FCFA8,741
|
|
pay 3.2 times more for housing
Greece
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$34.83
€32.35
|
$300.00
FCFA182,746
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$429.23
€398.61
|
$501.57
FCFA305,535
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$358.56
€332.98
|
$250.00
FCFA152,289
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$172.07
€159.79
|
$423.64
FCFA258,062
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for childcare
Greece
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$341.10
€316.76
|
$1,200.00
FCFA730,985
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,725.16
€6,245.32
|
$8,800.00
FCFA5,360,559
|
|
pay 29.2% less for entertainment and sports
Greece
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.08
€3.79
|
$1.17
FCFA712
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.33
€3.09
|
$3.13
FCFA1,908
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.12
€4.75
|
$1.34
FCFA813
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$45.22
€42.00
|
$50.06
FCFA30,496
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.85
€8.22
|
$8.34
FCFA5,083
|
|
pay 21.7% more for clothing
Greece
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$76.36
€70.91
|
$40.00
FCFA24,366
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.41
€33.82
|
$64.46
FCFA39,265
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$77.82
€72.27
|
$127.50
FCFA77,667
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$99.20
€92.12
|
$92.81
FCFA56,537
|
|
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