Harare vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$411	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	37	29
😀 Quality of life	45	41
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.13M

The cost of living in Harare is 7% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 5540th and 5045th ($992 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 6578th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Maputo

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	Harare	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628