Gaborone vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$268	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	39	20
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	236K	1.41M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 43% less expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 6941st and 4439th ($691 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Botswana and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.3 months in Medina. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5825th and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$7421

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905