Amsterdam vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amsterdam	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2859	$685
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6482	$1880
🏠 One person rent	$1887	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$3118	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$599	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4389	$332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	36
😀 Quality of life	95	48
🏙️ Population	921K	2.47M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 318% more expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 252nd and 7016th ($2859 vs $685) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in the Netherlands and Zambia, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 25th and 6308th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Amsterdam vs Lusaka

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

	Amsterdam	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$6.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.7	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$3.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.44	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1928	$191
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1599	$103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3529	$881
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2619	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$66.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$63.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.24%	21.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10663	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7824	$4865
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.81	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$91.7	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$12.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.28	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.01	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$6.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$5.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.41	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$2.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$2.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.8	$42.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$3.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.3	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$4.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.1	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2462	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13828	$5845

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2373
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2076
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2246
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2180
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2072
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2088
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2184
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2228
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2039
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2375
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1412
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2053
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1916
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2094
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2010
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1991
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1821
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2219
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1916
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2034
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1987
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1782
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1897
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1968
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$1985
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$1831
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1891
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2027
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1994
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1953
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1661
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1841
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1886
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2006
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1827
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1845
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1750
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1865

Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$725
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$1139
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1116
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1028
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$729
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$670
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1012
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$731
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$810
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1017
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$761
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$939
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$756
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$834
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$871
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$947
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$662
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$582
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$585
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1079
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$953
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$574
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$591
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$498
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$516
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$534
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$500
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$600
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$554
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1000
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$663
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$433
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$670