Douala vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$676	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	21	39
😀 Quality of life	34	56
🏙️ Population	2.77M	236K

The cost of living in Douala is 83% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 4304th and 6941st ($1265 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Cameroon and Botswana, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 7681st and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Gaborone

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	Douala	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$4190

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$601
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$764
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$741
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$555
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$384
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$747
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$553
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1121
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$621
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$883
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1611
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$462
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$805
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$972
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$668
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$881
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$558
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$900
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$900
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$651
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1502
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$634
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$820
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$482
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$779
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$759
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$695
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$743
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$556
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$776
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1113
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$535
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$371
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$677
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030

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