Adelaide vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$3163
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$489
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$1593
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	14
😀 Quality of life	94	17
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.79M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 88% more expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 1894th and 5160th ($1978 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th 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 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1 months in Lubumbashi. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 46th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$2119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$1165
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	12.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$6963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$69.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$8.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$63.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$5003

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$875
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$961
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1018
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$917
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$776
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$541
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$975
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$738
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$748
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$700
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$747
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$828
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$566
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$688
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$525
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$461
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$587
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$992
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$723
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$634
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$825
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$976
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$794
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$730
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$492
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$647
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$493
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$597
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$648
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$507
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$934
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$803
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$719
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$457