Gaborone vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$243	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	39	97
😀 Quality of life	61	75
🏙️ Population	236K	18.7M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 12% less expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 7301st and 6838th ($668 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 5842nd and 2100th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Guangzhou

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	Gaborone	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$14783

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677