Damascus vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$3163
🏠 One person rent	$291	$489
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1593
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1100
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	25	14
😀 Quality of life	34	17
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.79M

The cost of living in Damascus is 39% less expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 7300th and 5160th ($638 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Syria vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1 months in Lubumbashi. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 7688th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Lubumbashi

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	Damascus	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1165
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	12.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$8.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$69.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$63.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$5003

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

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