Gaborone vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$268	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	39	38
😀 Quality of life	56	34
🏙️ Population	236K	444K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 59% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 6941st and 8890th ($691 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Botswana and Ghana, respectively. Check Botswana vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 5825th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Kumasi

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	Gaborone	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$5465

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735