Gaborone vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$268	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$991
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	39	93
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	236K	9.37M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 11% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6941st and 7405th ($691 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 160th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 5825th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Hefei

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	Gaborone	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$8278

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665