Harare vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$411	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	37	70
😀 Quality of life	45	78
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.4M

The cost of living in Harare is 4% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 5540th and 5261st ($992 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 6578th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Sofia

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	Harare	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$6749

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633