Harare vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Harare	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$992	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2589	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$411	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$862	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	37	19
😀 Quality of life	45	38
🏙️ Population	2.15M	7.01M

The cost of living in Harare is 56% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 5540th and 7314th ($992 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th 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 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Harare ranked 1st best city to live in Zimbabwe vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 6578th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Harare vs Zhumadian

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	Harare	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.07	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$919	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$638	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.5	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$113	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.13%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1327	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$547	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.1	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.58	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.1	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.98	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.13	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.5	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$35.2	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6241	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504