Pointe-Noire
- Population
- 1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 4.78° S, 11.86° E
- Time zone
- Africa/Brazzaville
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,917 a month in Pointe-Noire, rent included: 68% less than in New York. The average net salary is $350 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 4 of them have data for Pointe-Noire; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%16
- Safety20%No data
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%76
- Air quality10%60
- Connectivity10%No data
- Cost10%38
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Congo - Brazzaville
- #1
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,119
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Pointe-Noire | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $10.06 | $25.00 | −60% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $26.25 | $140 | −81% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | — | $14.00 | — |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | — | $8.00 | — |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $1.75 | $10.00 | −83% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | — | $6.37 | — |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.31 | $3.80 | −66% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.88 | $2.89 | −70% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $2.19 | $1.36 | +61% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | — | $4.68 | — |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | — | $6.97 | — |
| Eggs (12) | $2.03 | $5.73 | −65% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | — | $17.38 | — |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $2.63 | $15.11 | −83% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $7.88 | $17.77 | −56% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.50 | $6.11 | −43% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.75 | $2.20 | −20% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.50 | $5.77 | −39% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $6.13 | $6.25 | −2% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $4.38 | $3.47 | +26% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.63 | $4.17 | −37% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.31 | $2.72 | −52% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.88 | $2.50 | −65% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $6.13 | $20.00 | −69% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.05 | $3.21 | −67% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.75 | $3.96 | −56% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | — | $19.00 | — |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.26 | $3.00 | −91% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.19 | $3.00 | −27% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.63 | $2.18 | +21% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $5.69 | $42.00 | −86% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.38 | $1.10 | +25% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $29,751 | $35,458 | −16% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $14,875 | $25,309 | −41% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $32.81 | $73.50 | −55% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $35.00 | $71.93 | −51% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $52.50 | $126 | −58% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $8.75 | $62.38 | −86% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $8.75 | $23.00 | −62% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $56.88 | $3,366 | −98% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | — | $60,589 | — |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $48.13 | $72.80 | −34% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $49.00 | $53.22 | −8% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $121 | $118 | +3% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $118 | $125 | −5% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $503 | $4,417 | −89% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $175 | $3,033 | −94% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,575 | $9,242 | −83% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $788 | $5,461 | −86% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $350 | $5,178 | −93% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 11.00% | 6.49% | +4.5 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $499 | $347 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| Dec 2025 | — | $516 | $359 |
| Sep 2025 | — | $443 | $269 |
| May 2025 | — | — | — |
| Apr 2025 | — | — | — |
| Mar 2025 | — | — | — |
| Feb 2025 | — | — | — |
| Jan 2025 | — | — | — |
| Dec 2024 | — | — | — |
| Nov 2024 | — | — | — |
| Oct 2024 | — | — | — |
| Sep 2024 | — | — | — |
| Aug 2024 | — | $413 | $990 |
| Jun 2024 | — | $454 | $990 |
| May 2024 | — | $449 | $979 |
| Apr 2024 | — | $453 | $988 |
| Mar 2024 | — | $455 | $992 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $456 | $994 |
| Jan 2024 | — | $458 | $1,000 |
| Dec 2023 | — | $459 | $1,002 |
| Nov 2023 | — | $443 | $968 |
| Oct 2023 | — | $443 | $966 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
No crime survey has been published for Pointe-Noire yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Pointe-Noire. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Pointe-Noire on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 25.3 °C
- Warmest monthMarch
- 27.4 °C
- Coldest monthJuly
- 22.2 °C
- Rain a year
- 1,010 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 86%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 4.3 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 0
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 76
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 75
- PM2.5
- 23.0µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 600-100
Internet
No internet speed measurements for Pointe-Noire or its country.
Housing
No property survey for Pointe-Noire yet.
Cities like Pointe-Noire
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 5Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 78%8 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 25 Sept 2026