Gaborone vs Owerri - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Owerri
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$2274
🏠 One person rent	$268	$1321
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1431
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$209
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$52.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$84.4
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	39	42
😀 Quality of life	56	11
🏙️ Population	236K	908K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 57% less expensive than in Owerri. Cities ranked 6941st and 3008th ($691 vs $1611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Nigeria, respectively. Check Botswana vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.1 months in Owerri. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Owerri ranked 19th in Nigeria, while ranked 5825th and 9183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Owerri

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	Gaborone	Owerri
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$4.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$12.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$1.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$432
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$1502
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$2146
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$16.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$25.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$17.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	16.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$552
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1007
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$8.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$0.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$2.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$5.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$1.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$2.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$7.94
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$9.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$1.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$13
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$32.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$113
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$1390

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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 Owerri

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Umuahia	$883
55 km or 34 mi	Aba	$621
80 km or 50 mi	Awka	$805
81 km or 50 mi	Onitsha	$972
82 km or 51 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
118 km or 73 mi	Enugu	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Warri	$881
155 km or 96 mi	Calabar	$384
182 km or 113 mi	Benin	$558
248 km or 154 mi	Owo	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Malabo	$741
283 km or 176 mi	Akure	$634
284 km or 176 mi	Kumba	$764
284 km or 177 mi	Buea	$601
292 km or 181 mi	Limbe	$655
311 km or 193 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
336 km or 209 mi	Douala	$1265
350 km or 218 mi	Bamenda	$553
351 km or 218 mi	Ife	$779
372 km or 231 mi	Osogbo	$695
374 km or 233 mi	Bafoussam	$555
400 km or 249 mi	Abuja	$1502
405 km or 252 mi	Ibadan	$776
416 km or 258 mi	Lagos	$1113
431 km or 268 mi	Oyo	$677
433 km or 269 mi	Ilorin	$535
447 km or 278 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
462 km or 287 mi	Minna	$743
501 km or 311 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
504 km or 313 mi	Bata	$1121
520 km or 323 mi	Cotonou	$709
529 km or 329 mi	Yaounde	$747
535 km or 333 mi	Jos	$820
562 km or 349 mi	Kaduna	$371
574 km or 356 mi	Sao Tome	$900
577 km or 358 mi	Save	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Trindade	$900
588 km or 366 mi	Abomey	$590
620 km or 385 mi	Bauchi	$759
625 km or 388 mi	Zaria	$526