Adelaide vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2475
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$649
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$230
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	37
😀 Quality of life	94	49
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.15M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 107% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 1686th and 5412th ($2117 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Australia vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.2 months in Harare. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 65th and 6721st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Harare

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	Adelaide	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$662
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$56
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$93.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	14.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$54.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$6.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$6.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$35.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$19.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$34.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$258
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$8872

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$779
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$761
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$716
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$755
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$587
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$873
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$916
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$820
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$658
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$655
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$687
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$996
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$506
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$493
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$458
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$653
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$496
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$577
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$692
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1062
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1278
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$514
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$536
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1069
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$565
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$577
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$912
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$527
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$888
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$1032
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$830