Lubumbashi vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$489	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	14	29
😀 Quality of life	17	41
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.13M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 2% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 5160th and 5045th ($1050 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in the DR Congo and Mozambique, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 8961st and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Maputo

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	Lubumbashi	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628