Harare vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Harare	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$957	$1948
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2551	$4581
🏠 One person rent	$422	$1113
🏘️ Family rent	$917	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$533
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$140
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$440	$2599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	37	77
😀 Quality of life	47	85
🏙️ Population	2.15M	936K

The cost of living in Harare is 51% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 5620th and 1907th ($957 vs $1948) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Zimbabwe and Israel, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Harare compared to 1.3 months in Jerusalem. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Jerusalem ranked 3rd in Israel, while ranked 6463rd and 276th 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	$6.43	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.6	$73.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$7.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$303	$1338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$261	$906
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$938	$2415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$698	$1678
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.3	$98.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$117	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.57%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1378	$13221
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1341	$9303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.9	$63.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.65	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.96	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.01	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.88	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.06	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.69	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$76.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$99.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$80.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$38.5	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$291	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7309	$10218

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$852
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$761
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$784
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$689
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$645
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$722
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$837
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$993
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$970
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$777
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$777
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$795
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1014
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$363
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$968
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$332
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$327
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$367
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$550
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$326
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$734
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$332
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$1210
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$992
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1238
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1236
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$511
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$554
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1107
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$337
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$605
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1121
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$338
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1025
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1176
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$953
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$866

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$964
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1011
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$737
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1752
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$802
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1583
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2068
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1701
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1900
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1826
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$849
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2113
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$760
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2149
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1873
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$679
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1850
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1678
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1687
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1499