Gaborone vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1000
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$2119
🏠 One person rent	$267	$522
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$752
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$2078
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	39	15
😀 Quality of life	55	49
🏙️ Population	246K	513K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 34% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 7144th and 5319th ($656 vs $1000) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th 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 2.1 months in Tabuk. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5959th and 6353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Tabuk

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	Gaborone	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$7.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$6.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$621
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$85.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$92.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$749
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$1.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$6.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$5.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$3.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$4.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$6.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$77.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$29.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$4269

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$692
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$625
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1583
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$583
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$879
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$642
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$434
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$440
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$735
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1703
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1678
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$857
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1523
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1671
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1687
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$802
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$737
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1725
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$964
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$854
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1703
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$981
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$657
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1011
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$679
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1848
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1701
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2068
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1826
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1752
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$366
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010