Adelaide vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2611
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$772
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$96
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	16
😀 Quality of life	93	18
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.79M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 106% more expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 1210th and 4943rd ($2338 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Australia and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Australia vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.1 months in Lubumbashi. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Lubumbashi ranked 4th in the DR Congo, while ranked 73rd and 9166th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Lubumbashi

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	Adelaide	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$693
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$402
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$56.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	12.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$995
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$504
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$81.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$75.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$53
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$4523

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1229
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$1039
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1473
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1189
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$1030
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$613
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$1039
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$815
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$686
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$1002
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$750
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$786
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$887
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$530
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$895
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$639
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$718
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$527
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$469
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$591
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1067
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$1024
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$754
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$770
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$662
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$828
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$1037
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$768
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$706
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$495
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$691
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$496
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$577
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$691
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$505
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$999
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$839
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$759
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$458