Berlin vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$2516
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$226
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	38
😀 Quality of life	95	48
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.15M

The cost of living in Berlin is 125% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 1275th and 5483rd ($2302 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Germany and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Germany vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 0.2 months in Harare. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 35th and 6918th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Harare

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	Berlin	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$49.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$3.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$58.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$78.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	13.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$973
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$47.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$6.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$9.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$7.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$22.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$37
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$10145

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

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