Budapest vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$2579
🏠 One person rent	$589	$427
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$381
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	37
😀 Quality of life	80	43
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.15M

The cost of living in Budapest is 17% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 4643rd and 5611th ($1185 vs $1012) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Hungary vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.4 months in Harare. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 551st and 6695th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Harare

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	Budapest	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$8.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$326
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$254
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$900
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$576
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$34.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$53.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$124
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	14.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$1328
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$1332
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$42.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$1.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$6.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$1.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$37.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$7.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$18.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$34.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$249
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$8755

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$810
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$729
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$731
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$662
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$761
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$871
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$953
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$834
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$756
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$685
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$725
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1000
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$591
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$515
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$500
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$582
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$585
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$498
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$670
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$516
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$1139
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$670
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1116
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1090
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$554
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$600
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1028
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$574
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$663
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1017
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$534
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1079
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$939
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$841