Gaborone vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$285	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$2228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	39	65
😀 Quality of life	55	83
🏙️ Population	236K	1.25M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 52% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6827th and 3679th ($718 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Botswana and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Botswana vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5800th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Sharjah

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	Gaborone	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$5054

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507