Lubumbashi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2586	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$468	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$765	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$988
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	16	7
😀 Quality of life	14	66
🏙️ Population	1.79M	133K

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 15% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 4892nd and 4439th ($1124 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the DR Congo and Maldives, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 0.7 months in Male. Lubumbashi ranked 5th best city to live in the DR Congo vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 9202nd and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Male

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	Lubumbashi	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.42	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$226	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$399	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.9	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.17%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$997	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$500	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.7	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.96	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.27	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.12	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.94	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.6	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.8	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.23	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.1	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4473	$3575

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Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1069
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$1032
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1278
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1062
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$912
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$1045
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$655
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$888
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$687
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$792
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$885
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$565
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$897
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$653
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$527
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$495
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$592
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1059
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$1021
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$761
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$682
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$820
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$1029
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$779
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$716
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$493
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$688
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$496
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$587
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$688
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$506
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$993
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$842
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$754
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$458

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327