Harare vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Harare	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1021	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2475	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$408	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$649	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$230	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	37	66
😀 Quality of life	49	88
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.25M

The cost of living in Harare is 28% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 5412th and 4204th ($1021 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 0.2 months in Harare compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6721st and 312th 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	$10.1	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.2	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.05%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$587	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.9	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.34	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.3	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.3	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$258	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8872	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483