Harare vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$411	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	37	98
😀 Quality of life	45	93
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.97M

The cost of living in Harare is 46% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5540th and 2270th ($992 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Zimbabwe and Austria, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6578th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Vienna

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	Harare	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987