Gaborone vs Urfa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Urfa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$614
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1549
🏠 One person rent	$268	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$458
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1224
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	39	22
😀 Quality of life	56	44
🏙️ Population	236K	1.99M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 13% more expensive than in Urfa. Cities ranked 6941st and 7513th ($691 vs $614) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st in Botswana and Turkey, respectively. Check Botswana vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 2 months in Urfa. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Urfa ranked 28th in Turkey, while ranked 5825th and 6606th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Urfa

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	Gaborone	Urfa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$6.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$55.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$10.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	27.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$1293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$534
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$13.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$5.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$2.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$1.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$4.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$27.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$58.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$7315

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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 Urfa

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Akcakale	$587
81 km or 51 mi	Adiyaman	$644
87 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$603
90 km or 56 mi	Nizip	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
125 km or 78 mi	Gaziantep	$577
133 km or 82 mi	Derik	$606
136 km or 84 mi	Raqqa	$462
139 km or 86 mi	Malatya	$544
152 km or 95 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
157 km or 97 mi	Cinar	$621
157 km or 97 mi	Kilis	$570
170 km or 106 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
172 km or 107 mi	Elazig	$492
173 km or 108 mi	Mardin	$600
181 km or 113 mi	Aleppo	$509
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
192 km or 119 mi	Islahiye	$523
205 km or 127 mi	Hassa	$537
215 km or 134 mi	Nusaybin	$589
215 km or 134 mi	Qamishli	$457
222 km or 138 mi	Reyhanli	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Batman	$600
226 km or 140 mi	Osmaniye	$403
236 km or 147 mi	Idlib	$489
237 km or 147 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$468
240 km or 149 mi	Kadirli	$535
244 km or 151 mi	Bingol	$589
252 km or 156 mi	Iskenderun	$578
259 km or 161 mi	Antakya	$598
264 km or 164 mi	Ceyhan	$575
265 km or 165 mi	Kozan	$585
278 km or 173 mi	Samandag	$597
288 km or 179 mi	Siirt	$573
290 km or 180 mi	Sinjar	$672
290 km or 180 mi	Hama	$417
294 km or 183 mi	Erzincan	$621
294 km or 183 mi	Mus	$589
302 km or 188 mi	Cizre	$578
308 km or 191 mi	Adana	$712