Gaborone vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$243	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$882
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	39	91
😀 Quality of life	61	72
🏙️ Population	236K	11.9M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 19% less expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 7301st and 6563rd ($668 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th 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 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 5842nd and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Hangzhou

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	Gaborone	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$28925

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753