Lubumbashi vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$489	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	14	20
😀 Quality of life	17	41
🏙️ Population	1.79M	6.44M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 56% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 5160th and 7052nd ($1050 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 74th in the DR Congo and China, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 8961st and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Shangrao

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	Lubumbashi	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621