Gaborone vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$285	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	39	26
😀 Quality of life	55	13
🏙️ Population	236K	2.12M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 0.1% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6827th and 6821st ($718 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Somalia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 5800th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Mogadishu

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	Gaborone	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$890

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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 Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799