Harare vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$411	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	37	99
😀 Quality of life	45	95
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.15M

The cost of living in Harare is 56% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5540th and 1222nd ($992 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and France, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6578th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Paris

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	Harare	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293