Bucharest vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$474	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	77	39
😀 Quality of life	79	56
🏙️ Population	1.72M	236K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 43% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 5565th and 6941st ($988 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Romania and Botswana, respectively. Check Romania vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 645th and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Gaborone

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	Bucharest	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$4190

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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