Lubumbashi vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lubumbashi	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3163	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$489	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$1593	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$329	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	14	38
😀 Quality of life	17	76
🏙️ Population	1.79M	767K

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 16% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 5160th and 4331st ($1050 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in the DR Congo and Croatia, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 8961st and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Zagreb

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	Lubumbashi	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1165	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.13%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6963	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$495	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.7	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.92	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.52	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.08	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.53	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.9	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5003	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747