Brisbane vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$3040
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$486
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1591
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	14
😀 Quality of life	97	17
🏙️ Population	2.36M	1.79M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 147% more expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 781st and 5639th ($2491 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 Brisbane compared to 1.1 months in Lubumbashi. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 15th and 8955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Lubumbashi

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	Brisbane	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$11.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$691
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$2132
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$1157
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$201
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$38
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	12.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$6922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$503
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$4.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$69.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$3.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$63.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$99.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$4965

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1028
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$939
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1090
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1116
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$1017
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$1139
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$947
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$685
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$725
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$730
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$815
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$574
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$670
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$534
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$433
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$582
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$957
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$1012
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$729
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$723
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$834
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$932
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$810
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$731
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$515
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$509
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$516
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$761
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$509
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$591
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$902
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$763
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$546
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$498