Harare vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$411	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	37	24
😀 Quality of life	45	39
🏙️ Population	2.15M	6.56M

The cost of living in Harare is 68% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 5540th and 7740th ($992 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd in Zimbabwe and China, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 6578th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Shaoyang

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	Harare	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600