Harare vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$411	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	37	93
😀 Quality of life	45	87
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.38M

The cost of living in Harare is 34% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5540th and 3363rd ($992 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Zimbabwe and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6578th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Prague

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	Harare	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120