Brisbane vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2516
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$226
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	38
😀 Quality of life	98	48
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.15M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 122% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 1349th and 5483rd ($2269 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Australia vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.2 months in Harare. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 3rd and 6918th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Harare

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	Brisbane	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$49.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$58.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$78.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	13.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$973
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$47.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$6.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$9.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$6.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$7.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$22.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$37
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$10145

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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