Harare vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Harare	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2475	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$408	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$649	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	37	73
😀 Quality of life	49	80
🏙️ Population	2.15M	7.01M

The cost of living in Harare is 37% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5412th and 3418th ($1021 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Harare compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6721st and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Riyadh

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	Harare	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.2	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.05%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.9	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.34	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$258	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8872	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463