Lubumbashi vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Lubumbashi	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1886
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3081	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$496	$1128
🏘️ Family rent	$1613	$1946
🍽️ Food expenses	$350	$474
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$157
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$3734
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	14	93
😀 Quality of life	21	94
🏙️ Population	1.79M	548K

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 46% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 5141st and 2098th ($1025 vs $1886) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in the DR Congo and the Netherlands, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 2 months in The Hague. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs The Hague ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 8928th and 42nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs The Hague

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	Lubumbashi	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.46	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$704	$1228
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$870
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1171	$1596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$147
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.29%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6999	$4834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$502	$3569
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$4.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.4	$63.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$25.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$2.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.09	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1	$3.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.67	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.32	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.63	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.2	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.63	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.9	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5005	$8049

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Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1107
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$953
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1236
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1238
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$1121
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$1210
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$961
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$968
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$777
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$1176
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$795
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$746
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$824
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$337
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$833
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$784
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$734
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$338
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$457
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$367
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$958
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$957
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$689
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$852
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$767
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$970
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$934
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$761
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$691
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$332
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$449
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$332
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$722
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$448
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$363
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$890
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$776
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$493
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$326

Cities near The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$1836
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$1850
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$1804
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2000
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2205
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2013
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$1890
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$2135
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2465
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$1873
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2092
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$2545
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2055
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$1894
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1741
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$1832
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$1939
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2001
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$1822
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1854
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$1647
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$1981
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$1833
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$1919
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1876
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$1965
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1498
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1841
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1818
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1501
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$1756
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$1796
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1376
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1650
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1631
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$1909
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1539