Harare vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$411	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	37	94
😀 Quality of life	45	83
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.86M

The cost of living in Harare is 38% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5540th and 3022nd ($992 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Zimbabwe and Poland, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 6578th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Warsaw

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	Harare	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385