Gaborone vs Jeddah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Jeddah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1100
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$2691
🏠 One person rent	$267	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$877
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$1997
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	39	45
😀 Quality of life	55	73
🏙️ Population	246K	4.7M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 40% less expensive than in Jeddah. Cities ranked 7144th and 4731st ($656 vs $1100) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Botswana and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 1.8 months in Jeddah. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Jeddah ranked 2nd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5959th and 1616th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Jeddah

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	Gaborone	Jeddah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$6.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$7.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$935
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$59.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$90.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$1859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$1264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$13.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$7.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$2.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$6.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$3.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$87.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$331
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$6667

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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 Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1032
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$1361
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$844
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$892
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$938
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$920
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$923
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$879
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$466
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$860
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$467
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$1047
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1095
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$498
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$280
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$467
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$1013
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$996
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$1061
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$466
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1000
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$404
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$443
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$434
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1642
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$440
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$523
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$467
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$800
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$625
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$857
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$466
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$449
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$854
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$899
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$470