Gaborone vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gaborone	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$731	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1792	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$272	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$439	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.9	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$3437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	39	77
😀 Quality of life	60	86
🏙️ Population	236K	936K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 71% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 7094th and 911th ($731 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Botswana and Israel, respectively. Check Botswana vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 5910th and 410th 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	$10.4	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.02	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.26	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.36	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1146	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1146	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.1	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.54	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.81	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.54	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.88	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.69	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$47	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$147	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2881	$27069

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$697
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$694
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$901
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$628
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1049
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$958
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$551
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$967
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1057
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1089
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$892
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$765
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$792
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$875
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$826
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$899
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$910
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$633
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$927
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$604
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$573
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$681
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$652
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$630
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$511
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$630
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$912
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$811
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$916
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$966
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$577

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761