Harare vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$411	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	37	78
😀 Quality of life	45	66
🏙️ Population	2.15M	12.6M

The cost of living in Harare is 94% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5540th and 8544th ($992 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th in Zimbabwe and China, respectively. Check Zimbabwe vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Harare compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 6578th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Zhengzhou

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	Harare	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591