Kananga vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kananga	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2536	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$413	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$990	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$194	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$816	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	5	96
😀 Quality of life	14	80
🏙️ Population	1.97M	17.7M

The cost of living in Kananga is 7% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5651st and 5950th ($976 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 12th in the DR Congo and China, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kananga compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Kananga ranked 5th best city to live in the DR Congo vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 9075th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kananga vs Shenzhen infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kananga/shenzhen.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kananga vs Shenzhen infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kananga/shenzhen" target="_blank">Kananga vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kananga vs Shenzhen

Prices for goods and services in Kananga and Shenzhen are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kananga	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.29	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.65	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.22	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$505	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$198	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1226	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$648	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.05%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4060	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$511	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.9	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.61	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.84	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.72	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.55	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.96	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.55	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.8	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.7	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$88.7	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3312	$22267

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kananga

Distance	City	Cost of living
129 km or 80 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
165 km or 103 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
191 km or 119 mi	Tshikapa	$934
193 km or 120 mi	Gandajika	$828
413 km or 257 mi	Kikwit	$876
505 km or 314 mi	Kindu	$746
630 km or 392 mi	Kolwezi	$975
711 km or 442 mi	Luena	$634
736 km or 457 mi	Likasi	$961
746 km or 464 mi	Kalemie	$747
775 km or 482 mi	Kisangani	$910
791 km or 492 mi	Uvira	$803
804 km or 499 mi	Bukavu	$759
809 km or 502 mi	Mbandaka	$850
809 km or 503 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
809 km or 503 mi	Cyangugu	$496
814 km or 506 mi	Brazzaville	$580
815 km or 507 mi	Bujumbura	$719
832 km or 517 mi	Bubanza	$648
838 km or 520 mi	Makamba	$647
842 km or 523 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
845 km or 525 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
865 km or 538 mi	Rutana	$648
869 km or 540 mi	Kinkala	$520
873 km or 543 mi	Gitega	$651
876 km or 544 mi	Kibuye	$479
882 km or 548 mi	Ngozi	$648
888 km or 551 mi	Gisenyi	$381
889 km or 552 mi	Butare	$413
899 km or 559 mi	Bumba	$806
901 km or 560 mi	Nyanza	$518
906 km or 563 mi	Ruyigi	$648
920 km or 571 mi	Mansa	$776
936 km or 582 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
937 km or 582 mi	Muyinga	$650
949 km or 590 mi	Chingola	$875
951 km or 591 mi	Kigali	$771
960 km or 597 mi	Gamboma	$522
972 km or 604 mi	Byumba	$613
977 km or 607 mi	Mufulira	$1018

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609