Harare vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Harare	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2579	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$427	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$381	$846
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	37	82
😀 Quality of life	43	67
🏙️ Population	2.15M	5.38M

The cost of living in Harare is 16% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 5611th and 6204th ($1012 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Zimbabwe and Russia, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 6695th and 3645th 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	$8.03	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$900	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$576	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$124	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.99%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1332	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.5	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.61	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.2	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8755	$6847

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$810
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$729
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$731
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$662
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$761
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$871
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$953
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$834
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$756
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$685
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$725
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1000
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$591
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$515
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$500
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$582
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$585
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$498
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$670
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$516
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$1139
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$670
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1116
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1090
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$554
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$600
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1028
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$574
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$663
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1017
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$534
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1079
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$939
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$841

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525