Harare vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$411	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	37	27
😀 Quality of life	45	62
🏙️ Population	2.15M	149K

The cost of living in Harare is 22% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 5540th and 6387th ($992 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Mauritius, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 6578th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Port Louis

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	Harare	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$3884

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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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552