Adelaide vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2516
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$226
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	38
😀 Quality of life	93	48
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.15M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 128% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 1210th and 5483rd ($2338 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Australia vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 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 73rd and 6918th 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	$15.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$49.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$58.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$78.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	13.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$973
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$47.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$6.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$22.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$37
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$10145

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$770
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$768
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$639
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$754
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$706
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$764
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$577
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$861
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$924
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$828
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$630
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$686
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$750
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1000
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$505
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$815
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$495
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$591
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$633
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$458
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$718
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$496
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$613
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$692
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1189
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1473
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$551
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$583
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1229
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$530
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$628
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1030
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$527
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1133
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$950
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1002
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$1039
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$899