Lubumbashi vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lubumbashi	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1007	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3040	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$486	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1591	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$334	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	14	26
😀 Quality of life	17	13
🏙️ Population	1.79M	2.12M

The cost of living in Lubumbashi is 40% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 5639th and 6821st ($1007 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the DR Congo and Somalia, respectively. Check the DR Congo vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Lubumbashi compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Lubumbashi ranked 2nd best city to live in the DR Congo vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 8955th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lubumbashi vs Mogadishu

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	Lubumbashi	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.4	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.7	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.31	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2132	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1157	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.08%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6922	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$503	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.95	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.6	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.1	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.54	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.9	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.1	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.5	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.5	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.2	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4965	$890

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Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1028
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$939
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1090
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1116
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$1017
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$1139
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$947
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$685
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$725
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$730
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$815
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$574
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$670
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$534
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$433
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$582
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$957
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$1012
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$729
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$723
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$834
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$932
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$810
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$731
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$515
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$509
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$516
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$761
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$509
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$591
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$902
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$763
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$546
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$498

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799