Gaborone vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$1207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$2774
🏠 One person rent	$243	$734
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$1254
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$31.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$159
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	39	1
😀 Quality of life	61	14
🏙️ Population	236K	74.7K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 45% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 7301st and 4688th ($668 vs $1207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Comoros, respectively. Check Botswana vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.1 months in Moroni. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 5842nd and 9206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Moroni

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	Gaborone	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$19.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$673
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$1027
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$71.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$1624
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$1381
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$4.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$8.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$4.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$5.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$4.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$6.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$3.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$62.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$14597

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1207
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1168
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$935
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$609
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$567
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$421
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$552
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$496
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$564
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$596
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$458
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$692
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$476
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$493
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$506
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$548
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$527
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$526
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$565
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$495
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$533
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$820
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$612
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$996
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$453
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$420
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$888
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$916
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$811
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$460
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$755
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$549
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$779