Gaborone vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$268	$698
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1494
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$207
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$2507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	39	43
😀 Quality of life	56	75
🏙️ Population	236K	2.99M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 50% less expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 6941st and 3893rd ($691 vs $1393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Kuwait, respectively. Check Botswana vs Kuwait comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.8 months in Kuwait City. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 5825th and 1114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Kuwait City

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	Gaborone	Kuwait City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$9.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$8.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$3.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	7.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$6776
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$2989
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$4.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$6378

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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 Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$736
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$547
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$904
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$597
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$551
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$562
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$901
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$525
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$582
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$897
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$583
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$577
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$557
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$529
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1056
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$626
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$1068
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1280
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1243
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1223
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$589
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$587
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$554
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$563
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$502