Harare vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$411	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	37	54
😀 Quality of life	45	66
🏙️ Population	2.15M	8.78M

The cost of living in Harare is 54% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5540th and 7256th ($992 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Zimbabwe and China, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6578th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Quanzhou

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	Harare	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936