Lubumbashi vs Malabo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Malabo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$2145
🏠 One person rent	$489	$149
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$471
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$461
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$40.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$317
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	14	8
😀 Quality of life	17	33
🏙️ Population	1.79M	297K

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 42% more expensive than in Malabo. Cities ranked 5160th and 6716th ($1050 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the DR Congo and Equatorial Guinea, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Equatorial Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 0.4 months in Malabo. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Malabo ranked 1st in Equatorial Guinea, while ranked 8961st and 7709th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Malabo

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	Lubumbashi	Malabo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$51.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$720
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$25.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	6.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$650
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$7.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$2.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$3.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$6.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$7.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$4.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$135
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$64.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$5445

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$655
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$601
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1265
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$764
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$384
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$621
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1121
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$883
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$555
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1611
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$553
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$747
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$462
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$805
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$972
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$668
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$881
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$900
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$900
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$558
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$651
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$634
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1502
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$779
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$695
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1113
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$776
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$820
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$743
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$677
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$535
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$759
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$709
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$371