Gaborone vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1623
🏠 One person rent	$268	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$423
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$70.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$403
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	39	11
😀 Quality of life	56	8
🏙️ Population	236K	760K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 5% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 6941st and 7141st ($691 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Botswana and Somalia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.6 months in Hargeisa. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 5825th and 9243rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Hargeisa

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	Gaborone	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$10
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$67.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	20.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3745
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$8448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$4.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$2.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$1.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$58.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$603

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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

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541