Hanover vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanover	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1726	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4209	$3163
🏠 One person rent	$892	$489
🏘️ Family rent	$1501	$1593
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2695	$1100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	82	14
😀 Quality of life	91	17
🏙️ Population	548K	1.79M

The cost of living in Hanover is 64% more expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 2608th and 5160th ($1726 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th 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 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 1 months in Lubumbashi. Hanover ranked 16th best city to live in Germany vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 93rd and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Lubumbashi

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	Hanover	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$815	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$616	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$2119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1063	$1165
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.1	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	12.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4316	$6963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2823	$495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.38	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.75	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.63	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$69.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$8.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.6	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$63.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$406	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26877	$5003

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421

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