Lubumbashi vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$489	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	14	72
😀 Quality of life	17	78
🏙️ Population	1.79M	7.01M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 36% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5160th and 2911th ($1050 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the DR Congo and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8961st and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Riyadh

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	Lubumbashi	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529