Harare vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$411	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	37	72
😀 Quality of life	45	92
🏙️ Population	2.15M	620K

The cost of living in Harare is 35% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 5540th and 3353rd ($992 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 271st in Zimbabwe and Germany, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 6578th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Leipzig

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	Harare	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307