Gaborone vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$268	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	39	65
😀 Quality of life	56	83
🏙️ Population	236K	1.25M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 54% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 6941st and 3460th ($691 vs $1494) 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 5825th and 412th 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	$7.24	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536