Lubumbashi vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$489	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	14	95
😀 Quality of life	17	86
🏙️ Population	1.79M	2.6M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 11% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 5160th and 4534th ($1050 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the DR Congo and Taiwan, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 8961st and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Taipei

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	Lubumbashi	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581