Gaborone vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$2551
🏠 One person rent	$267	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$917
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$440
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	39	37
😀 Quality of life	55	47
🏙️ Population	246K	2.15M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 31% less expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 7144th and 5620th ($656 vs $957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Botswana vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 0.5 months in Harare. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 5959th and 6463rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Harare

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	Gaborone	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$6.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$39.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$261
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$938
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$35.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$117
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	13.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$1378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$1341
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$7.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$5.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$2.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$44.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$37.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$19.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$38.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$7309

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$852
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$761
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$784
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$689
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$645
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$722
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$837
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$993
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$970
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$777
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$777
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$795
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1014
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$363
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$968
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$332
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$327
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$367
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$550
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$326
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$734
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$332
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$1210
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$992
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1238
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1236
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$511
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$554
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1107
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$337
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$605
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$1121
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$338
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1025
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$1176
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$953
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$866