Harare vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$411	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	37	99
😀 Quality of life	45	93
🏙️ Population	2.15M	3.9M

The cost of living in Harare is 69% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 5540th and 80th ($992 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st in Zimbabwe and the United States, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 6578th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Los Angeles

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	Harare	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919