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Brazzaville vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Brazzaville is 40.4% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 38.8% more in Brazzaville
Groceries: pay 76.7% more in Brazzaville
Transportation: pay 24.5% more in Brazzaville
Housing: pay 3.2 times more in Brazzaville
Childcare: pay 65.2% less in Brazzaville
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.0% more in Brazzaville
Clothing: pay 20.6% less in Brazzaville

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

Brazzaville vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 38.8% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Brazzaville
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB963.00	$11.68 FCFA6,542	-2.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB481.50	$5.10 FCFA2,854	-14.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB111.56	$1.58 FCFA883	+14.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB49.35	$1.58 FCFA883	+157.7%
Average			+38.8%

Moscow vs. Brazzaville - Cost of restaurants

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pay 76.7% more for groceries

	Moscow	Brazzaville
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB68.28	$4.99 FCFA2,792	+489.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB505.97	$3.38 FCFA1,893	-46.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB372.84	$8.76 FCFA4,908	+89.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB135.77	$2.94 FCFA1,647	+74.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB198.76	$2.16 FCFA1,209	-12.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB65.30	$1.11 FCFA622	+37.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB70.21	$0.81 FCFA452	-7.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB72.77	$1.66 FCFA927	+83.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB132.32	$1.16 FCFA650	-29.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB34.44	$0.84 FCFA470	+96.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB27.32	$0.57 FCFA318	+67.5%
Average			+76.7%

Moscow vs. Brazzaville - Cost of groceries

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pay 24.5% more for transportation

	Moscow	Brazzaville
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB229.05	$4.74 FCFA2,657	+67.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,956.42	$23.44 FCFA13,129	-36.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,985,314.80	$29,343.54 FCFA16,435,214	-20.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB462.24	$10.74 FCFA6,016	+87.5%
Average			+24.5%

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pay 3.2 times more for housing

	Moscow	Brazzaville
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB630.73	$44.51 FCFA24,931	+469.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB101,115.50	$551.55 FCFA308,919	-56.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB57,233.12	$465.04 FCFA260,468	-34.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,924.61	$646.27 FCFA361,975	+484.4%
Average			+215.9%

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pay 65.2% less for childcare

	Moscow	Brazzaville
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,965.26	$53.41 FCFA29,918	-91.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,152,813.01	$8,800.00 FCFA4,928,849	-38.4%
Average			-65.2%

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pay 13.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Brazzaville
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB337.05	$5.81 FCFA3,252	+39.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB254.72	$4.05 FCFA2,268	+28.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB240.75	$3.25 FCFA1,820	+8.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,597.33	$44.51 FCFA24,931	-0.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB529.65	$5.84 FCFA3,271	-11.0%
Average			+13.0%

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pay 20.6% less for clothing

	Moscow	Brazzaville
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,137.39	$57.50 FCFA32,206	-24.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,852.02	$60.00 FCFA33,606	+25.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,921.23	$100.00 FCFA56,010	-18.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,652.81	$55.00 FCFA30,805	-64.9%
Average			-20.6%

Moscow vs. Brazzaville - Cost of clothing

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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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