Lubumbashi vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lubumbashi	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1125	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$468	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$780	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$412	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$119	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	16	56
😀 Quality of life	19	91
🏙️ Population	1.79M	526K

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 36% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4925th and 2992nd ($1125 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 152nd 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 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 9126th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Nuremberg

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	Lubumbashi	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.2	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.49	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.11	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1251	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$411	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.1	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.96%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$996	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$499	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.2	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.6	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.97	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.22	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.99	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.3	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.3	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.42	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.9	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.3	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$133	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4525	$19685

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Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1378
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$1029
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1602
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1304
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$1166
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$692
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$1044
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$925
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$777
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$1132
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$849
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$770
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$872
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$559
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$881
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$629
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$813
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$522
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$463
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$587
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1047
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$1015
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$727
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$780
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$595
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$792
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$1019
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$755
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$677
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$489
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$689
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$494
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$565
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$690
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$495
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$979
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$828
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$750
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$452

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729