Harare vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$2199
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$5330
🏠 One person rent	$411	$1365
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$2421
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$3900
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	37	92
😀 Quality of life	45	94
🏙️ Population	2.15M	548K

The cost of living in Harare is 55% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 5540th and 1356th ($992 vs $2199) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Zimbabwe and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.8 months in The Hague. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs The Hague ranked 2nd in the Netherlands, while ranked 6578th and 42nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs The Hague

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	Harare	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$5.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$2.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$1148
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$2609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$2068
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$5262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$3990
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$4.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$58.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$14.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$3.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$34.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$2176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$10346

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$1861
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2081
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2291
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2251
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2049
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2180
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$1944
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$1739
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$1937
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2001
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$1995
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$1862
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2432
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$1879
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$1651
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1357
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2105
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1421
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1640
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1613
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$1958
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1530