Gaborone vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1632
🏠 One person rent	$243	$221
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$345
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	39	11
😀 Quality of life	61	17
🏙️ Population	236K	760K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 4% less expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 7301st and 7132nd ($668 vs $694) 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 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.5 months in Hargeisa. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Hargeisa ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 5842nd and 9161st 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	$9.79	$5.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$3.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$232
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	20.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$3786
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$8606
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$2.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$6.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$4.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$3.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$14.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$46.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$26.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$31.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$545

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$502
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1169
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1175
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$586
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$559
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$560
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$517
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$522
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$512
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1039
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$499
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$500
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$498
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$560
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$826
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$1031
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$724
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$500
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1016
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$498
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$802
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$499
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$715
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$533
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$860
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$500
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$911
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$971
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$903
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$918
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$549