Gaborone vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gaborone	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$723	$1340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1750	$3091
🏠 One person rent	$281	$765
🏘️ Family rent	$453	$1313
🍽️ Food expenses	$309	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.2	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$2321
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	39	45
😀 Quality of life	61	76
🏙️ Population	236K	298K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 46% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 7140th and 4453rd ($723 vs $1340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Bahrain, respectively. Check Botswana vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 5784th and 1297th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.95	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$6.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$904
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$568
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$475	$1636
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$321	$1009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$143
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.92%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1314	$2618
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$1965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$8.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$6.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$8.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$39.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.68	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$403
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2568	$10985

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$663
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$691
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$691
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$903
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$994
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$615
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1015
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$912
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$549
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$997
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1031
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$590
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1104
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$851
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$742
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$784
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$872
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$811
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$875
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$902
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$632
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$904
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$660
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$607
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$632
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$494
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$611
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$882
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$796
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$912
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1014
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$565

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1218
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1062
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$965
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1059
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$778
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$917
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2100
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$454
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$457
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$494
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$471
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$505
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1628
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$497
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$703
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2470
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$469
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1543
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2356
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$459
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$522
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1455
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1173
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$548
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521