Cologne vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$992
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2589
🏠 One person rent	$947	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$862
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$415
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	37
😀 Quality of life	96	45
🏙️ Population	1.09M	2.15M

The cost of living in Cologne is 76% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 2551st and 5540th ($1744 vs $992) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Germany and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Germany vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.4 months in Harare. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 12th and 6578th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Harare

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	Cologne	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$10
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$50
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$638
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$54.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$113
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	14.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$1327
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$547
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$6.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$65.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$9.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$37
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$35.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$6241

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$794
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$723
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$730
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$752
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$597
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$854
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$947
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$825
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$766
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$738
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$700
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1003
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$507
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$492
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$587
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$624
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$457
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$688
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$493
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$541
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$675
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$917
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1018
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$540
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$583
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$875
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$566
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$631
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$776
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$525
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$748
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$961
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$795