Cost of living comparison
Brazzaville is 59.1% more expensive than San Salvador.
If you lived in Brazzaville instead of San Salvador, you would:
pay 57.7% more for restaurants
San Salvador
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.00
SVC87.50
|
$14.38
FCFA8,670
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.50
SVC65.62
|
$7.87
FCFA4,746
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.05
SVC9.22
|
$2.30
FCFA1,387
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.91
SVC7.97
|
$1.49
FCFA900
|
|
pay (unknown) more for groceries
San Salvador
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.85
SVC16.21
|
?? | |
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.20
SVC28.02
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.42
SVC64.92
|
?? | |
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.05
SVC26.65
|
?? | |
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.63
SVC23.01
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.29
SVC11.25
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.71
SVC6.25
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.95
SVC8.30
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.04
SVC9.06
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.93
SVC8.16
|
?? | |
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.81
SVC7.06
|
?? |
pay 5.9% more for transportation
San Salvador
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.05
SVC35.47
|
$4.29
FCFA2,589
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$25.00
SVC218.74
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$19,500.00
SVC170,616.46
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$29.00
SVC253.74
|
?? | |
pay 3.0 times more for housing
San Salvador
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$42.14
SVC368.73
|
?? | |
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$842.86
SVC7,374.63
|
$559.96
FCFA337,614
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$635.71
SVC5,562.22
|
$360.53
FCFA217,371
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$78.66
SVC688.20
|
$621.28
FCFA374,585
|
|
pay 10.8% more for childcare
San Salvador
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$165.62
SVC1,449.15
|
$49.10
FCFA29,604
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,585.71
SVC40,122.99
|
$8,800.00
FCFA5,305,721
|
|
pay 89.4% more for entertainment and sports
San Salvador
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.00
SVC17.50
|
$4.85
FCFA2,926
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.04
SVC26.56
|
$4.14
FCFA2,495
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.00
SVC35.00
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym |
$29.88
SVC261.39
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.00
SVC43.75
|
?? | |
pay 13.5% less for clothing
San Salvador
|
Brazzaville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$69.29
SVC606.22
|
$57.50
FCFA34,668
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$54.86
SVC479.98
|
$60.00
FCFA36,175
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$99.29
SVC868.71
|
$100.00
FCFA60,292
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$104.43
SVC913.70
|
$55.00
FCFA33,161
|
|
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