Lubumbashi vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$489	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	14	20
😀 Quality of life	17	66
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.41M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 14% less expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 5160th and 4439th ($1050 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the DR Congo and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.3 months in Medina. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8961st and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Medina

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	Lubumbashi	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$7421

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905