Harare vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$411	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	37	8
😀 Quality of life	45	59
🏙️ Population	2.15M	24.7K

The cost of living in Harare is 34% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 5540th and 3454th ($992 vs $1495) 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 0.6 months in Victoria. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6578th and 5404th 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	$10	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408