Cairo vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$3163
🏠 One person rent	$154	$489
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1593
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$1100
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	14
😀 Quality of life	58	17
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.79M

The cost of living in Cairo is 60% less expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 8923rd and 5160th ($417 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Egypt and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Egypt vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1 months in Lubumbashi. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 5545th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Lubumbashi

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	Cairo	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1165
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	12.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$6963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$8.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$69.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$8.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$63.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$5003

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

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