Harare vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$411	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	37	20
😀 Quality of life	45	45
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.29M

The cost of living in Harare is 114% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 5540th and 8801st ($992 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Libya, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 6578th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Tripoli

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	Harare	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058