Harare vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$411	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	37	94
😀 Quality of life	45	86
🏙️ Population	2.15M	4.04M

The cost of living in Harare is 8% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5540th and 5000th ($992 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Zimbabwe and Taiwan, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6578th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs New Taipei

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	Harare	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581