Gaborone vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$268	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$2298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	39	46
😀 Quality of life	56	74
🏙️ Population	236K	298K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 46% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 6941st and 4263rd ($691 vs $1280) 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 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 5825th and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Manama

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	Gaborone	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$9896

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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 Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514