Harare vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Harare	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2475	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$408	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$649	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	37	82
😀 Quality of life	49	71
🏙️ Population	2.15M	5.65M

The cost of living in Harare is 5% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 5412th and 5813th ($1021 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Zimbabwe and Russia, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Harare compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6721st and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Saint Petersburg

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	Harare	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.2	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.05%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.9	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.34	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$258	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8872	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566