Harare vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Harare	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2475	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$408	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$649	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	37	30
😀 Quality of life	49	33
🏙️ Population	2.15M	4.27M

The cost of living in Harare is 123% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5412th and 8842nd ($1021 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Harare compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 6721st and 8609th 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	$10.1	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.2	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.05%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.9	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.34	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.3	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$258	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8872	$1486

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$779
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$761
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$716
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$755
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$587
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$873
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$916
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$820
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$658
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$655
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$687
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$996
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$506
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$493
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$458
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$653
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$496
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$577
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$692
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1062
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1278
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$514
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$536
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1069
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$565
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$577
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$912
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$527
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$888
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$1032
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$830

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439