Gaborone vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$587
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$1358
🏠 One person rent	$267	$286
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$482
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$20.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$369
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	39	1
😀 Quality of life	55	13
🏙️ Population	246K	74.7K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 12% more expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 7144th and 7786th ($656 vs $587) 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 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 5959th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$1.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$17.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$433
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$278
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$66.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	10.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$1366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$772
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$14.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$6.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$4.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$6.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$8.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$1.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$33.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$4.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.11
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$28
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$58.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$94.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$3033

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$585
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1144
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1127
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$1165
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$762
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$706
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$600
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$622
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$332
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$600
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$493
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$326
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$327
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$992
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$461
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$332
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$363
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$452
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$338
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$581
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$337
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$367
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$457
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$536
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$970
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$571
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1014
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$428
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$524
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$1176
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$993
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$646
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$530
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$645
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$486
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$761