Gaborone vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1110
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$2698
🏠 One person rent	$285	$551
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$1053
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$1727
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	39	44
😀 Quality of life	55	68
🏙️ Population	236K	1.42M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 35% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 6827th and 4893rd ($718 vs $1110) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Oman, respectively. Check Botswana vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5800th and 3189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Muscat

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	Gaborone	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$5.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$7.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$11.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$5.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$550
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1200
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$801
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$71.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	4.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$1760
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$1270
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$3.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$8.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$4.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$3.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$8.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$43.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$8649

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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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$994
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$786
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$687
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1232
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1050
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2084
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1503
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$639
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$547
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$531
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$831
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$520
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1810
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$561
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1719
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$467
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$556
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1218
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1267
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1226
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$429
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$806
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$558
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$870
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$546
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$989
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$878
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$537
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$541
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$928
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$548