Lubumbashi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lubumbashi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1007	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3040	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$486	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1591	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	14	95
😀 Quality of life	17	87
🏙️ Population	1.79M	4.04M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 5% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5639th and 5212th ($1007 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the DR Congo and Taiwan, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 8955th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs New Taipei

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	Lubumbashi	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.4	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.7	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2132	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1157	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.08%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6922	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$503	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.54	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.2	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4965	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605