Lusaka vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lusaka	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$738	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2249	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$312	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$948	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$333	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	37	90
😀 Quality of life	49	93
🏙️ Population	2.47M	1.51M

The cost of living in Lusaka is 66% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6726th and 1352nd ($738 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Zambia and Germany, respectively. Check Zambia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lusaka compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Lusaka ranked 1st best city to live in Zambia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6269th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lusaka vs Munich

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	Lusaka	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.95	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.8	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1082	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$641	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.8	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$125	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.29%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2003	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4875	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.23	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.97	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.86	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.37	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.66	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.39	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.9	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.45	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.3	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$176	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9642	$14702

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Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$700
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$541
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$917
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1018
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$875
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$723
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$688
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$992
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$730
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$794
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$776
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$597
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$961
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$766
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$825
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$854
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$975
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$752
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$624
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$748
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$947
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$492
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$566
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$507
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$457
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$493
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$525
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$540
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1003
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$461
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$675

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560