Belgrade vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$2475
🏠 One person rent	$717	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$649
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$230
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	37
😀 Quality of life	74	49
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.15M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 31% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 4408th and 5412th ($1335 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Serbia vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 0.2 months in Harare. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 2116th and 6721st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Belgrade vs Harare infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/belgrade/harare.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Belgrade vs Harare infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/belgrade/harare" target="_blank">Belgrade vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Belgrade vs Harare

Prices for goods and services in Belgrade and Harare are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Belgrade	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$662
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$56
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$93.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	14.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$54.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$2.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$6.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$8.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$2.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$35.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$19.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$34.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$258
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$8872

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

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