Adelaide vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$723
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1750
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$281
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$309
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$454
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	50	39
😀 Quality of life	92	61
🏙️ Population	1.39M	236K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 226% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 1178th and 7140th ($2355 vs $723) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Botswana, respectively. Check Australia vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.6 months in Gaborone. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 75th and 5784th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$29.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$2.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$279
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$180
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$475
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$37
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	10.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1314
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1290
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$30
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$20.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$4.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$3.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$4.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$131
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$2568

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$663
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$691
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$691
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$903
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$994
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$615
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1015
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$912
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$549
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$997
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1031
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$590
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1104
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$851
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$742
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$784
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$872
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$811
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$875
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$902
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$632
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$904
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$660
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$607
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$632
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$494
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$611
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$882
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$796
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$912
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1014
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$565