Gaborone vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$268	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	39	27
😀 Quality of life	56	62
🏙️ Population	236K	149K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 15% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 6941st and 6387th ($691 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Mauritius, respectively. Check Botswana vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 5825th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Port Louis

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	Gaborone	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$3884

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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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552