Harare vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2532
🏠 One person rent	$411	$462
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	37	95
😀 Quality of life	45	65
🏙️ Population	2.15M	11.5M

The cost of living in Harare is 2% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 5540th and 5654th ($992 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Brazil, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.6 months in Sao Paulo. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 6578th and 4281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Sao Paulo

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	Harare	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$65.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	11.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$2420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1633
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$7.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$7.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$4.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$25.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$78.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$527
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$14254

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611