Dongguan vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$250	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	69	39
😀 Quality of life	69	56
🏙️ Population	10.5M	236K

The cost of living in Dongguan is 5% less expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 7169th and 6941st ($656 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1st in China and Botswana, respectively. Check China vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 2941st and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Gaborone

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	Dongguan	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$4190

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

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