Harare vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Harare	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2579	$3040
🏠 One person rent	$427	$486
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1591
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$381	$1100
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	37	14
😀 Quality of life	43	17
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.79M

The cost of living in Harare is 0.5% more expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 5611th and 5639th ($1012 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1.1 months in Lubumbashi. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 6695th and 8955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Lubumbashi

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	Harare	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.03	$11.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$691
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$900	$2132
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$576	$1157
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$201
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$124	$38
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.99%	12.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$6922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1332	$503
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.5	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.61	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$2.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$4.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$2.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$69.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$3.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.2	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.9	$63.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$99.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8755	$4965

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$810
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$729
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$731
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$662
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$761
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$871
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$953
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$834
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$756
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$685
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$725
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1000
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$591
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$515
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$500
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$582
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$585
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$498
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$670
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$516
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$1139
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$670
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1116
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1090
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$554
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$600
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1028
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$574
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$663
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1017
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$534
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1079
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$939
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$841

Cities near Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$1028
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$939
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1090
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$1116
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$1017
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$1139
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$947
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$685
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$725
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$730
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$815
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$574
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$670
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$534
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$433
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$582
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$957
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$1012
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$729
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$723
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$834
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$932
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$810
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$731
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$515
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$509
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$516
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$761
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$509
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$591
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$902
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$763
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$546
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$498