Harare vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Harare	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2579	$3247
🏠 One person rent	$427	$655
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1366
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$381	$2207
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	37	44
😀 Quality of life	43	72
🏙️ Population	2.15M	298K

The cost of living in Harare is 20% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 5611th and 4400th ($1012 vs $1267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Bahrain, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 6695th and 1915th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Manama

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	Harare	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.03	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$7.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$7.93
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$900	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$576	$1097
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$124	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.99%	7.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$2471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1332	$1550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.5	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$47.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.61	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$7.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$6.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$19.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$2.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$3.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$40.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$4.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.2	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.9	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8755	$10026

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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 Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1226
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1218
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$870
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$989
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$878
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1719
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$928
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1810
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$548
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$541
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$537
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$558
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1586
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$556
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$713
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2309
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$507
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1503
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2084
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$489
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$557
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$879
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1050
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1232
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$588
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520