Harare vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Harare	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1015	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2515	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$415	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$223	$961
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	38	8
😀 Quality of life	48	49
🏙️ Population	2.15M	24.7K

The cost of living in Harare is 38% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5463rd and 3452nd ($1015 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Harare compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6892nd and 6808th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Victoria

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	Harare	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.57	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.99	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$398	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$731	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$540	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.6	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.1	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.8	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$415	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.01	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.9	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.67	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.68	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.25	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.1	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.66	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.94	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.14	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.5	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$37.3	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8948	$8750

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$780
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$755
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$629
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$727
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$677
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$754
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$565
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$840
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$875
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$792
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$632
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$777
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$849
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$952
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$495
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$925
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$489
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$456
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$587
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$632
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$452
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$813
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$494
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$692
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$691
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1304
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1602
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$549
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$590
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1378
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$559
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$615
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1166
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$522
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1125
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$965
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1132
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$1029
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$875

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415