Harare vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Harare	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1001	$3226
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2443	$7140
🏠 One person rent	$405	$2232
🏘️ Family rent	$654	$3887
🍽️ Food expenses	$350	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$273
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$404	$4457
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	37	89
😀 Quality of life	49	98
🏙️ Population	2.15M	5.87M

The cost of living in Harare is 69% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 5825th and 100th ($1001 vs $3226) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Singapore, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 6505th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Singapore City

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	Harare	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$8.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$64.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.04	$7.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$7.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.99	$5.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$2654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$1968
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$4872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$463	$3422
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$91
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.3	$138
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.04%	2.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1160	$22978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$583	$8193
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.01	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$89.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$2.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$3.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$3.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.66	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$22.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$4.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$4.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.8	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$19	$84.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$33.7	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$257	$1241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8748	$29519

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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	$778
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$647
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$758
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$714
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$757
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$584
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$845
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$912
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$815
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$768
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$728
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$753
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$992
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$506
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$810
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$494
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$462
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$644
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$458
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$715
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$494
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$520
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$656
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$686
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1055
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1208
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$550
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$586
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1051
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$568
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$621
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$922
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$528
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1087
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$909
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$994
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$819

Cities near Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2932
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$555
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$513
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$777
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$784
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$761
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$694
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$544
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$540
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$554
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$589
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$611
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$874
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$792
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$685
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$456
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$708
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$599
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$651
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$538
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$880
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$656
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$500
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$400
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$552
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$453
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$420
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$483
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$472
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$528
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$424
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$471
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$646
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$680
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$626