Gaborone vs Kuala Lumpur - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Kuala Lumpur
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$810
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1984
🏠 One person rent	$268	$393
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1392
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	39	93
😀 Quality of life	56	77
🏙️ Population	236K	1.98M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 15% less expensive than in Kuala Lumpur. Cities ranked 6941st and 6403rd ($691 vs $810) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Malaysia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Malaysia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.7 months in Kuala Lumpur. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Kuala Lumpur ranked 1st in Malaysia, while ranked 5825th and 811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Kuala Lumpur

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	Gaborone	Kuala Lumpur
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$4.64
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$450
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$928
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$40.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$25.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$2996
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$16.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$41.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$254
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$8723

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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 Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$645
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$532
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$670
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$604
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$669
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$682
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$543
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$628
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$529
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$695
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$679
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$565
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$619
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$620
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$759
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3059
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2788
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$481
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$539
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$470
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$490
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$536
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$560
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$461
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$570
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$719