Cost of living comparison
Bucharest is 43.0% more expensive than Libreville.
If you lived in Bucharest instead of Libreville, you would:
pay 16.4% more for restaurants
Libreville
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$16.34
FCFA10,276
|
$11.85
RON56.55
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.25
FCFA7,707
|
$7.54
RON35.98
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.23
FCFA771
|
$2.00
RON9.53
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.31
FCFA822
|
$2.20
RON10.51
|
|
pay 25.6% less for groceries
Libreville
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.42
FCFA891
|
$1.17
RON5.61
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.40
FCFA2,141
|
$4.52
RON21.59
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$9.78
FCFA6,151
|
$6.34
RON30.26
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.39
FCFA2,132
|
$3.28
RON15.64
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.11
FCFA1,958
|
$3.09
RON14.74
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.43
FCFA901
|
$0.59
RON2.79
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.16
FCFA730
|
$0.77
RON3.67
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.43
FCFA901
|
$0.75
RON3.58
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.94
FCFA590
|
$0.88
RON4.20
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.04
FCFA653
|
$0.51
RON2.42
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.11
FCFA699
|
$0.44
RON2.10
|
|
pay 6.5% less for transportation
Libreville
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.89
FCFA2,446
|
$6.09
RON29.07
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$44.93
FCFA28,258
|
$17.24
RON82.25
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$27,776.16
FCFA17,468,810
|
$26,003.12
RON124,073.87
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.82
FCFA4,290
|
$5.82
RON27.76
|
|
pay 19.5% less for housing
Libreville
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$68.08
FCFA42,816
|
$9.35
RON44.64
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$844.18
FCFA530,915
|
$601.94
RON2,872.14
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$490.17
FCFA308,273
|
$397.23
RON1,895.38
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$83.30
FCFA52,386
|
$130.07
RON620.61
|
|
pay 3.2 times more for childcare
Libreville
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$118.46
FCFA74,499
|
$527.95
RON2,519.12
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$5,310.15
FCFA3,339,625
|
$10,631.65
RON50,728.91
|
|
pay 85.4% more for entertainment and sports
Libreville
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$0.98
FCFA617
|
$3.23
RON15.42
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.25
FCFA2,672
|
$3.17
RON15.12
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.45
FCFA1,541
|
$5.98
RON28.53
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$57.19
FCFA35,965
|
$49.84
RON237.82
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.50
FCFA2,833
|
$8.62
RON41.12
|
|
pay 28.1% more for clothing
Libreville
|
Bucharest
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$65.36
FCFA41,103
|
$78.42
RON374.16
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$73.53
FCFA46,241
|
$39.68
RON189.32
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$44.93
FCFA28,258
|
$85.94
RON410.08
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$71.89
FCFA45,213
|
$105.80
RON504.83
|
|
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