Gaborone vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$267	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$2566
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	71
😀 Quality of life	55	74
🏙️ Population	246K	7.01M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 60% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7144th and 2922nd ($656 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5959th and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Riyadh

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	Gaborone	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$9649

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561