Lubumbashi vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$489	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$401
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	14	35
😀 Quality of life	17	35
🏙️ Population	1.79M	2.96M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 92% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 5160th and 8272nd ($1050 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the DR Congo and Yemen, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 8961st and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Sanaa

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	Lubumbashi	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$2809

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886