Adelaide vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2515
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$700
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$223
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	38
😀 Quality of life	92	48
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.15M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 132% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 1178th and 5463rd ($2355 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 6th best city to live in Australia vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 75th and 6892nd 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	$15.8	$9.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$398
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$36.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.67
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$5.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$6.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$9.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$6.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$56.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$9.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$36.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$23.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$37.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$8948

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$780
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$755
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$629
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$727
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$677
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$754
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$565
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$840
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$875
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$792
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$632
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$777
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$849
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$952
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$495
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$925
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$489
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$456
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$587
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$632
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$452
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$813
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$494
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$692
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$691
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1304
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1602
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$549
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$590
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1378
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$559
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$615
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1166
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$522
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1125
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$965
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1132
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$1029
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$875