Lubumbashi vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Lubumbashi	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1025	$1657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3081	$3999
🏠 One person rent	$496	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1613	$1749
🍽️ Food expenses	$350	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$73.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1104	$1375
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	14	37
😀 Quality of life	21	72
🏙️ Population	1.79M	6.44K

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 38% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 5141st and 2834th ($1025 vs $1657) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in the DR Congo and Malta, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 0.8 months in Valletta. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 8928th and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Valletta

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	Lubumbashi	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.41	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.46	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$704	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$760
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$2091
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1171	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$81.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.29%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6999	$8034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$502	$4060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.4	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.36	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.45
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$3.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.09	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.67	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.32	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.63	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.8	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.2	$73.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.63	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.1	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.9	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5005	$10317

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1670
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1708
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1278
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1608
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1469
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1338
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1120
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$927
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1027
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1103
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$983
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1163
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1150
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1122
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1050
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$979
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1329
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$418
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$423
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$470
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$435
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1530
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1324
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$377
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$596
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$386
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$340
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$390
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1017
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1307
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$407
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$355