Lubumbashi vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$489	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	14	99
😀 Quality of life	17	95
🏙️ Population	1.79M	2.15M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 54% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5160th and 1222nd ($1050 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the DR Congo and France, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 8961st and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Paris

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	Lubumbashi	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293