Gaborone vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$268	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$401
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	39	35
😀 Quality of life	56	35
🏙️ Population	236K	2.96M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 27% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 6941st and 8272nd ($691 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Yemen, respectively. Check Botswana vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 5825th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Sanaa

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	Gaborone	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$2809

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886