Harare vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Harare	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2579	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$427	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$381	$1018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	37	7
😀 Quality of life	43	61
🏙️ Population	2.15M	133K

The cost of living in Harare is 22% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 5611th and 4342nd ($1012 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Zimbabwe and Maldives, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.8 months in Male. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 6695th and 5145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Male

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	Harare	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.03	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$900	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$576	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$124	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.99%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1332	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.5	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.61	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.2	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8755	$3225

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352