Doha vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Doha	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1779	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4033	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3416	$373
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	39
😀 Quality of life	80	56
🏙️ Population	1.19M	236K

The cost of living in Doha is 158% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 2449th and 6941st ($1779 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Qatar and Botswana, respectively. Check Qatar vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 562nd and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Gaborone

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	Doha	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.28	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1393	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$888	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2490	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1664	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.3	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.84%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4779	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3550	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.25	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.92	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.7	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$63	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$770	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11200	$4190

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904

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