Harare vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Harare	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1012	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2579	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$427	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$336	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$381	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	37	8
😀 Quality of life	43	58
🏙️ Population	2.15M	24.7K

The cost of living in Harare is 35% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5611th and 3466th ($1012 vs $1552) 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 0.4 months in Harare compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6695th and 5469th 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	$8.03	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$900	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$576	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.3	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$124	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.99%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1328	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1332	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.5	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.61	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.44	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.24	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.67	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.9	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.2	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.2	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.9	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$249	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8755	$8081

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Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$810
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$729
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$731
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$662
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$761
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$871
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$953
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$834
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$756
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$685
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$725
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1000
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$591
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$515
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$500
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$582
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$585
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$498
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$670
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$516
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$1139
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$670
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1116
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1090
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$554
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$600
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1028
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$574
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$663
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1017
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$534
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1079
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$939
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$841

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482