Gaborone vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$268	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$559
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	39	22
😀 Quality of life	56	21
🏙️ Population	236K	2.45M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 21% less expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 6941st and 6195th ($691 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Botswana vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 5825th and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Ouagadougou

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	Gaborone	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$1.91
🥤 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	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$15761

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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 Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882