Lubumbashi vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lubumbashi	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1007	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3040	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$486	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$1591	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$1018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	14	7
😀 Quality of life	17	61
🏙️ Population	1.79M	133K

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 22% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 5639th and 4342nd ($1007 vs $1295) 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 1.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 0.8 months in Male. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 8955th and 5145th 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	$11.4	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.7	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2132	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1157	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.08%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6922	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$503	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.54	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.9	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.1	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.5	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.2	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4965	$3225

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Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1028
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$939
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1090
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1116
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$1017
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$1139
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$947
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$685
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$725
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$730
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$815
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$574
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$670
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$534
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$433
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$582
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$957
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$1012
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$729
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$723
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$834
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$932
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$810
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$731
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$515
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$509
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$516
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$761
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$509
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$591
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$902
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$763
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$546
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$498

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352