Gaborone vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$742
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$267	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$1117
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	39	97
😀 Quality of life	55	75
🏙️ Population	246K	18.7M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 12% less expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 7144th and 6607th ($656 vs $742) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 54th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 1.5 months in Guangzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 5959th and 955th 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	$4.7	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$1120
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$37.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	4.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$10173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$4278
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$43.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$423
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$18235

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620