Harare vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$411	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	37	71
😀 Quality of life	45	64
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.95M

The cost of living in Harare is 17% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5540th and 6262nd ($992 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Ukraine, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 6578th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Kyiv

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	Harare	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$7184

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570