Gaborone vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$268	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1263
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	39	7
😀 Quality of life	56	62
🏙️ Population	236K	133K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 47% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6941st and 4205th ($691 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Botswana and Maldives, respectively. Check Botswana vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1 months in Male. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5825th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Male

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	Gaborone	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360