Harare vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$411	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	37	20
😀 Quality of life	45	66
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.41M

The cost of living in Harare is 18% less expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 5540th and 4439th ($992 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.3 months in Medina. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6578th and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Medina

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	Harare	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$7421

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905