Harare vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1623
🏠 One person rent	$411	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$423
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$70.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$403
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	37	11
😀 Quality of life	45	8
🏙️ Population	2.15M	760K

The cost of living in Harare is 50% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 5540th and 7141st ($992 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Zimbabwe and Somalia, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.6 months in Hargeisa. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 6578th and 9243rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Hargeisa

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	Harare	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$5.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$10
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$67.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	20.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3745
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$8448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$4.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$2.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$1.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$58.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$603

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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

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541