Al Ain vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Al Ain	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1455	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3100	$2515
🏠 One person rent	$900	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$1375	$700
🍽️ Food expenses	$384	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.4	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2995	$223
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	38	38
😀 Quality of life	82	48
🏙️ Population	767K	2.15M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 43% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 4139th and 5463rd ($1455 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Al Ain compared to 0.2 months in Harare. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 562nd and 6892nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$9.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.2	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.25	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$1.28
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$398
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$731	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1377	$731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1126	$540
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.2	$36.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$82.9	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.69%	13.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1204	$415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$1.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.34	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$1.67
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.36	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$5.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.18	$6.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$6.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.7	$56.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64	$36.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.5	$23.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.3	$37.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$574	$337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6415	$8948

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1173
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2470
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1543
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2356
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$797
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$1082
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1193
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$2100
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$2015
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$530
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$494
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$526
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1062
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1340
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$497
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1218
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$521
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$559
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$514
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$965
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1059
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$778
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$505
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$917
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$700
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$485
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$454
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$457
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$471
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$717
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$816
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$459
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$517

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