Brisbane vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$373
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	66	39
😀 Quality of life	97	56
🏙️ Population	2.71M	236K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 192% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 1792nd and 6941st ($2016 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Botswana, respectively. Check Australia vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 7th and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Gaborone

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	Brisbane	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$4190

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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