Harare vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Harare	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2475	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$408	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$649	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	37	56
😀 Quality of life	49	44
🏙️ Population	2.15M	43.9K

The cost of living in Harare is 5% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 5412th and 5084th ($1021 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Zimbabwe and the Palestine, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Harare compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 6721st and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Ramallah

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	Harare	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.2	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.05%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.9	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.34	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.3	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$258	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8872	$4130

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$779
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$761
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$716
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$755
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$587
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$873
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$916
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$820
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$658
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$655
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$687
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$996
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$506
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$493
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$458
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$653
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$496
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$577
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$692
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1062
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1278
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$514
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$536
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1069
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$565
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$577
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$912
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$527
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$888
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$1032
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$830

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850