Harare vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$411	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1728
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	37	15
😀 Quality of life	45	47
🏙️ Population	2.15M	886K

The cost of living in Harare is 8% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 5540th and 4967th ($992 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Zimbabwe and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6578th and 6450th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Tabuk

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	Harare	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$8574

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028