Copenhagen vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$2516
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$226
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	38
😀 Quality of life	97	48
🏙️ Population	667K	2.15M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 159% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 650th and 5483rd ($2656 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Denmark vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.2 months in Harare. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 4th and 6918th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Harare

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	Copenhagen	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$49.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$5.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$3.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$643
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$513
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$37.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$58.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$78.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	13.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$973
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$494
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$47.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$6.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$36.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$7.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$22.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$37
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$10145

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

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