Lubumbashi vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lubumbashi	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1124	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2586	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$468	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$765	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	16	94
😀 Quality of life	14	87
🏙️ Population	1.79M	4.04M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 1% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4892nd and 4867th ($1124 vs $1135) 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 0.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Lubumbashi ranked 5th best city to live in the DR Congo vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 9202nd and 387th 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	$11.9	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.42	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$226	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1240	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$399	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.9	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.17%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$997	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$500	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.7	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.96	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.27	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.12	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.94	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.6	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.8	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.23	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.1	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.5	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4473	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589