Harare vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Harare	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2579	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$427	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$381	$2228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	37	65
😀 Quality of life	43	83
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.25M

The cost of living in Harare is 33% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5611th and 3679th ($1012 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6695th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Sharjah

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	Harare	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.03	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$900	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$576	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$124	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.99%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1332	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.5	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.61	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.2	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.9	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8755	$5054

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507