Harare vs Kananga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Kananga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2536
🏠 One person rent	$411	$413
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$990
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$194
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$816
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	37	5
😀 Quality of life	45	14
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.97M

The cost of living in Harare is 2% more expensive than in Kananga. Cities ranked 5540th and 5651st ($992 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Zimbabwe and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.8 months in Kananga. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Kananga ranked 5th in the DR Congo, while ranked 6578th and 9075th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Kananga

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	Harare	Kananga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$7.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$505
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$648
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$23.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$4060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$95.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$8.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$8.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$4.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$7.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$3.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$56.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$88.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$3312

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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 Kananga

Distance	City	Cost of living
129 km or 80 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
165 km or 103 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
191 km or 119 mi	Tshikapa	$934
193 km or 120 mi	Gandajika	$828
413 km or 257 mi	Kikwit	$876
505 km or 314 mi	Kindu	$746
630 km or 392 mi	Kolwezi	$975
711 km or 442 mi	Luena	$634
736 km or 457 mi	Likasi	$961
746 km or 464 mi	Kalemie	$747
775 km or 482 mi	Kisangani	$910
791 km or 492 mi	Uvira	$803
804 km or 499 mi	Bukavu	$759
809 km or 502 mi	Mbandaka	$850
809 km or 503 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
809 km or 503 mi	Cyangugu	$496
814 km or 506 mi	Brazzaville	$580
815 km or 507 mi	Bujumbura	$719
832 km or 517 mi	Bubanza	$648
838 km or 520 mi	Makamba	$647
842 km or 523 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
845 km or 525 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
865 km or 538 mi	Rutana	$648
869 km or 540 mi	Kinkala	$520
873 km or 543 mi	Gitega	$651
876 km or 544 mi	Kibuye	$479
882 km or 548 mi	Ngozi	$648
888 km or 551 mi	Gisenyi	$381
889 km or 552 mi	Butare	$413
899 km or 559 mi	Bumba	$806
901 km or 560 mi	Nyanza	$518
906 km or 563 mi	Ruyigi	$648
920 km or 571 mi	Mansa	$776
936 km or 582 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
937 km or 582 mi	Muyinga	$650
949 km or 590 mi	Chingola	$875
951 km or 591 mi	Kigali	$771
960 km or 597 mi	Gamboma	$522
972 km or 604 mi	Byumba	$613
977 km or 607 mi	Mufulira	$1018