Lubumbashi vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2586	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$468	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$765	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	16	90
😀 Quality of life	14	94
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.51M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 54% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4892nd and 920th ($1124 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the DR Congo and Germany, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Lubumbashi ranked 5th best city to live in the DR Congo vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 9202nd and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Munich

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	Lubumbashi	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.42	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$226	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$399	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.9	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.17%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$997	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$500	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.7	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.96	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.27	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.12	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.94	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.6	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.8	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.23	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.1	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4473	$14492

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730