Harare vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1105
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2690
🏠 One person rent	$411	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1278
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$37.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$613
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	37	1
😀 Quality of life	45	11
🏙️ Population	2.15M	74.7K

The cost of living in Harare is 10% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 5540th and 4807th ($992 vs $1105) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Comoros, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 6578th and 9179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Moroni

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	Harare	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$5.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$511
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1315
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$1061
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$64.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$98
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$1481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$29.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$2.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$13253

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794