Gaborone vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gaborone	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$723	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1750	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$281	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$453	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$309	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.2	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$2274
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	39	66
😀 Quality of life	61	86
🏙️ Population	236K	1.25M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 53% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7140th and 3851st ($723 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.6 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 5784th and 367th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.95	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$475	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$321	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.92%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1314	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.68	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2568	$8199

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$663
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$691
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$691
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$903
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$994
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$615
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1015
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$912
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$549
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$997
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1031
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$590
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1104
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$851
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$742
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$784
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$872
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$811
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$875
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$902
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$632
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$904
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$660
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$607
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$632
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$494
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$611
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$882
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$796
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$912
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1014
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$565

Cities near Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469