Harare vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Harare	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2579	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$427	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$381	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	37	29
😀 Quality of life	43	13
🏙️ Population	2.15M	4.27M

The cost of living in Harare is 69% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5611th and 7801st ($1012 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 6695th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Kabul

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	Harare	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.03	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$900	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$576	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$124	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.99%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1332	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.5	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.61	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.2	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.9	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8755	$1452

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$810
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$729
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$731
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$662
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$761
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$871
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$953
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$834
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$756
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$685
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$725
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1000
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$591
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$515
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$500
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$582
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$585
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$498
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$670
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$516
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$1139
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$670
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1116
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1090
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$554
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$600
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1028
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$574
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$663
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1017
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$534
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1079
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$939
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$841

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487