Dresden vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dresden	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1402	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3491	$3163
🏠 One person rent	$684	$489
🏘️ Family rent	$1301	$1593
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2953	$1100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	65	14
😀 Quality of life	88	17
🏙️ Population	566K	1.79M

The cost of living in Dresden is 34% more expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 3862nd and 5160th ($1402 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 512th and 2nd in Germany and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Germany vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Dresden compared to 1 months in Lubumbashi. Dresden ranked 33rd best city to live in Germany vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 217th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Lubumbashi

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	Dresden	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.58	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$656	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1357	$2119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$929	$1165
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$248	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.94%	12.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$6963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3685	$495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.14	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.4	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.22	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.07	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.76	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.7	$69.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.5	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$63.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13167	$5003

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419

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