Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Grenada
  3. St. George's
  4. Republic of the Congo
  5. Brazzaville
  6. Comparison
XCD
COMPARED TO
XAF

Brazzaville is 3.0 times more expensive than St. George's.

If you lived in Brazzaville instead of St. George's, you would:
local_dining

pay 35.7% more for restaurants

  St. George's help_outline Brazzaville help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $9.25
EC$24.94
$15.00
FCFA8,624
+62.2%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.63
EC$12.47
$10.00
FCFA5,749
+116.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.85
EC$4.99
$1.64
FCFA943
-11.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.25
EC$3.37
$0.95
FCFA544
-24.2%
Average +35.7%
St. George's vs. Brazzaville - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 33.2% more for groceries

  St. George's help_outline Brazzaville help_outline  
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.38
EC$3.73
$1.39
FCFA797
+0.3%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.68
EC$9.91
$7.83
FCFA4,504
+113.0%
Milk (1 gallon) $6.42
EC$17.31
$8.33
FCFA4,788
+29.7%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.84
EC$10.35
$3.12
FCFA1,793
-18.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.60
EC$12.39
$1.94
FCFA1,113
-57.9%
Apples (1 lb) $3.32
EC$8.96
$2.64
FCFA1,515
-20.7%
Bananas (1 lb) $1.17
EC$3.15
$1.81
FCFA1,043
+55.5%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.37
EC$3.68
$2.45
FCFA1,406
+79.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $2.14
EC$5.78
$3.00
FCFA1,725
+39.9%
Potatoes (1 lb) $1.40
EC$3.76
$2.07
FCFA1,189
+48.1%
Onions (1 lb) $0.84
EC$2.27
$1.66
FCFA956
+97.4%
Average +33.2%
St. George's vs. Brazzaville - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 7.2% more for transportation

  St. George's help_outline Brazzaville help_outline  
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.89
EC$15.89
$3.16
FCFA1,817
-46.4%
Monthly public transit pass $92.51
EC$249.41
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $21,766.48
EC$58,686.48
$35,000.00
FCFA20,122,199
+60.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) ?? $12.93
FCFA7,436
Average +7.2%
St. George's vs. Brazzaville - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 3.4 times more for housing

  St. George's help_outline Brazzaville help_outline  
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $116.31
EC$313.59
$266.67
FCFA153,312
+129.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $663.68
EC$1,789.42
$1,250.79
FCFA719,102
+88.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $252.85
EC$681.72
$1,700.00
FCFA977,364
+572.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $59.42
EC$160.21
$152.94
FCFA87,929
+157.4%
Average +236.9%
St. George's vs. Brazzaville - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 11.9 times more for childcare

  St. George's help_outline Brazzaville help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $126.42
EC$340.86
$300.00
FCFA172,476
+137.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $925.05
EC$2,494.11
$19,800.00
FCFA11,383,416
+2040.4%
Average +1088.9%
St. George's vs. Brazzaville - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 8.9% less for entertainment and sports

  St. George's help_outline Brazzaville help_outline  
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.85
EC$4.99
$1.50
FCFA862
-18.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.55
EC$9.58
$3.60
FCFA2,072
+1.4%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.00
EC$13.47
$1.57
FCFA900
-68.7%
Monthly membership at local gym $46.25
EC$124.71
$69.97
FCFA40,230
+51.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $9.25
EC$24.94
$8.34
FCFA4,797
-9.8%
Average -8.9%
St. George's vs. Brazzaville - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 3.2% more for clothing

  St. George's help_outline Brazzaville help_outline  
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $91.27
EC$246.09
$44.88
FCFA25,802
-50.8%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $46.87
EC$126.37
$58.33
FCFA33,537
+24.5%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $108.54
EC$292.64
$155.00
FCFA89,113
+42.8%
Men's business shoes (leather) $115.94
EC$312.60
$111.72
FCFA64,229
-3.6%
Average +3.2%
St. George's 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: January 2022
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