Gaborone vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$3814
🏠 One person rent	$285	$711
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$1511
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$391
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$2257
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	39	43
😀 Quality of life	55	74
🏙️ Population	236K	2.99M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 51% less expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 6827th and 3883rd ($718 vs $1457) 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 1.5 months in Kuwait City. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 5800th and 1287th 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	$7.62	$9.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$8.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$5.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$794
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$612
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1677
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$54.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	6.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$5807
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$2705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$49.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$2.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$4.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$3.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$16.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$5.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$114
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$77.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$467
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$7012

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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 Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$713
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$557
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$879
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$588
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$507
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$548
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$559
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$928
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$541
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$490
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$586
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$878
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$588
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$583
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$537
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$489
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$989
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$631
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$870
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$495
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1267
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1226
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1218
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$558
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$566
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$585
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$559
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$546
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$518
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$527