Gaborone vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1101
🏠 One person rent	$243	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	39	20
😀 Quality of life	61	49
🏙️ Population	236K	1.29M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 47% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 7301st and 8852nd ($668 vs $455) 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 0.6 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 5842nd and 6694th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Tripoli

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	Gaborone	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$3.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$0.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$97.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$17.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$27.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$357
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$7.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$1.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$1.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$1.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$53.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$919

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$350
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$387
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$381
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$394
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$434
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$480
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$398
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1579
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1577
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1666
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1770
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1697
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1739
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1951
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$552
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$409
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1271
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$1161
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1234
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1085
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1232
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$577
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$607
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$529
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1298
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$502
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1141
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$375
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1046
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1301
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$361
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$403
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161