Cost of living comparison

 London, United Kingdom
compared to
 Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville vs. London Cost of Living Summary
Brazzaville vs. London Cost Breakdown

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

pay 23.4% less for restaurants

 
London
Brazzaville
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $25.83
£19.14
$14.38
FCFA8,070
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.33
£7.65
$7.87
FCFA4,417
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.46
£1.82
$2.30
FCFA1,291

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pay 1.7% less for groceries

 
London
Brazzaville
Bread
1 loaf
$2.07
£1.53
$4.62
FCFA2,592
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.65
£4.18
$3.38
FCFA1,897
Milk (1 gallon) $6.31
£4.68
$8.12
FCFA4,556

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pay 54.3% less for transportation

 
London
Brazzaville
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.39
£5.48
$4.29
FCFA2,409
Monthly public transit pass $258.31
£191.37
$23.44
FCFA13,154
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $36,531.14
£27,064.09
$29,343.54
FCFA16,466,750

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pay 6.8% less for housing

 
London
Brazzaville
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$41.63
£30.84
$41.25
FCFA23,146
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $2,834.46
£2,099.91
$589.16
FCFA330,617
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $2,063.73
£1,528.92
$360.53
FCFA202,318

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pay 83.2% less for childcare

 
London
Brazzaville
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $2,333.60
£1,728.85
$49.10
FCFA27,554
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $27,892.30
£20,664.01
$8,800.00
FCFA4,938,307

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pay 47.3% less for entertainment and sports

 
London
Brazzaville
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $8.27
£6.12
$4.85
FCFA2,723
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.80
£3.56
$4.14
FCFA2,322
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$19.76
£14.64
$3.25
FCFA1,824

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pay 23.6% less for clothing

 
London
Brazzaville
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$96.94
£71.82
$57.50
FCFA32,267
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$50.55
£37.45
$60.00
FCFA33,670
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$114.87
£85.10
$100.00
FCFA56,117

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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: July 2025
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