Accra vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Accra	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$729	$738
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1968	$2249
🏠 One person rent	$260	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$593	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$304	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$181	$333
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	37
😀 Quality of life	52	49
🏙️ Population	1.78M	2.47M

The cost of living in Accra is 1% less expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 6763rd and 6726th ($729 vs $738) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Ghana and Zambia, respectively. Check Ghana vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Accra compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Accra ranked 1st best city to live in Ghana vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 6085th and 6269th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Accra vs Lusaka infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/accra/lusaka.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Accra vs Lusaka infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/accra/lusaka" target="_blank">Accra vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Accra vs Lusaka

Prices for goods and services in Accra and Lusaka are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Accra	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.36	$6.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$27
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$3.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$522	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1168	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$337	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$60.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.8	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.7	$125
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.18%	21.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4043	$2003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2481	$4875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.93	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.2	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$7.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$4.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.51	$6.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.87	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$2.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.41	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.34	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.33	$4.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$28.9	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.5	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7683	$9642

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Accra

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Ashaiman	$560
20 km or 12 mi	Tema	$553
56 km or 35 mi	Koforidua	$588
134 km or 83 mi	Ho	$354
167 km or 104 mi	Lome	$755
171 km or 106 mi	Kpalime	$632
178 km or 111 mi	Obuasi	$551
187 km or 116 mi	Hohoe	$575
191 km or 119 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Kumasi	$433
258 km or 161 mi	Atakpame	$647
298 km or 185 mi	Abomey	$590
300 km or 187 mi	Cotonou	$709
325 km or 202 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
354 km or 220 mi	Sotouboua	$649
387 km or 240 mi	Abengourou	$889
395 km or 246 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
400 km or 249 mi	Save	$613
403 km or 250 mi	Sokode	$651
408 km or 253 mi	Lagos	$1113
426 km or 265 mi	Abidjan	$1022
427 km or 265 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
429 km or 267 mi	Tamale	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Agboville	$882
464 km or 288 mi	Kara	$658
465 km or 289 mi	Dabou	$882
495 km or 308 mi	Ibadan	$776
518 km or 322 mi	Oyo	$677
565 km or 351 mi	Ife	$779
573 km or 356 mi	Divo	$906
577 km or 359 mi	Osogbo	$695
579 km or 359 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
583 km or 362 mi	Bouake	$937
614 km or 381 mi	Ilorin	$535
622 km or 387 mi	Akure	$634
637 km or 396 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
638 km or 397 mi	Gagnoa	$904
646 km or 402 mi	Leo	$753
646 km or 402 mi	Benin	$558
657 km or 408 mi	Warri	$881

Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$700
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$541
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$917
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1018
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$875
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$723
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$688
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$992
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$730
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$794
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$776
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$597
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$961
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$766
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$825
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$854
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$975
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$752
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$624
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$748
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$947
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$492
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$566
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$507
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$457
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$493
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$525
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$540
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1003
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$461
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$675