Harare vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$411	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	37	80
😀 Quality of life	45	83
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.73M

The cost of living in Harare is 4% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 5540th and 5750th ($992 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Zimbabwe and Taiwan, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 6578th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Kaohsiung

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	Harare	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$10905

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601