Gaborone vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$268	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	39	20
😀 Quality of life	56	45
🏙️ Population	236K	1.29M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 49% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 6941st and 8801st ($691 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Libya, respectively. Check Botswana vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 5825th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058