Harare vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$411	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	37	71
😀 Quality of life	45	61
🏙️ Population	2.15M	10.6M

The cost of living in Harare is 106% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 5540th and 8748th ($992 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 6578th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Shijiazhuang

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	Harare	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716