Gaborone vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$2037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$4974
🏠 One person rent	$285	$1185
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$2358
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	39	77
😀 Quality of life	55	84
🏙️ Population	236K	936K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 65% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 6827th and 1770th ($718 vs $2037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Botswana and Israel, respectively. Check Botswana vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 5800th and 358th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Jerusalem

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	Gaborone	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$8.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$1355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$2790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$1935
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$25.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	5.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$12822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$8413
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$1.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$63.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$86.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$91.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$859
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$11066

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$934
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$952
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$721
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1768
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$847
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1536
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2115
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1741
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1866
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1815
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$730
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2020
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1751
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$705
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1775
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2085
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1872
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$692
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1838
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1651
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1632
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1671