Harare vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$411	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$2561
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	37	78
😀 Quality of life	45	85
🏙️ Population	2.15M	936K

The cost of living in Harare is 53% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 5540th and 1551st ($992 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Zimbabwe and Israel, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 6578th and 374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Jerusalem

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	Harare	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$17799

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511