Amman vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$386	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	64	39
😀 Quality of life	68	56
🏙️ Population	4.01M	236K

The cost of living in Amman is 44% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 5535th and 6941st ($994 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Botswana, respectively. Check Jordan vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 3048th and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Gaborone

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	Amman	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$4190

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1930
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$628
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$665
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$664
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$780
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$889
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$820
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$837
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$540
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$807
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$923
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$953
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$993
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$785
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$672
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$678
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$768
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$748
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$784
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$624
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$814
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$621
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$562
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$766
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$442
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$567
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$763
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$699
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$964
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1068
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$597