Crete vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3163
🏠 One person rent	$530	$489
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1593
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1100
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	14
😀 Quality of life	56	17
🏙️ Population	623K	1.79M

The cost of living in Crete is 10% more expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 4640th and 5160th ($1150 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Greece and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Greece vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1 months in Lubumbashi. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 5717th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Lubumbashi

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	Crete	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1165
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	12.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$6963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$69.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$8.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$63.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$5003

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638

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