Gaborone vs Huanggang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Huanggang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1673
🏠 One person rent	$243	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$443
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$212
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$78.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$836
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	39	61
😀 Quality of life	61	56
🏙️ Population	236K	5.88M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 3% more expensive than in Huanggang. Cities ranked 7301st and 7455th ($668 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 99th 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 1.3 months in Huanggang. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Huanggang ranked 54th in China, while ranked 5842nd and 6202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Huanggang

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	Gaborone	Huanggang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$18.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$550
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$60.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$12.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$3628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$2021
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$3.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$5.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$25.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$5.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$10808

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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 Huanggang

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Ezhou	$632
31 km or 20 mi	Huangshi	$671
40 km or 25 mi	Daye	$638
58 km or 36 mi	Wuhan	$639
83 km or 51 mi	Macheng	$592
86 km or 54 mi	Xianning	$625
93 km or 58 mi	Wuxue	$598
103 km or 64 mi	Hanchuan	$609
106 km or 66 mi	Xiaogan	$629
135 km or 84 mi	Chibi	$590
136 km or 85 mi	Yingcheng	$585
136 km or 85 mi	Jiujiang	$604
142 km or 88 mi	Xiantao	$599
145 km or 90 mi	Anlu	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Honghu	$587
164 km or 102 mi	Qianshan	$567
164 km or 102 mi	Guangshui	$574
175 km or 109 mi	Linxiang	$572
181 km or 112 mi	Jingshan	$570
201 km or 125 mi	Suizhou	$582
202 km or 125 mi	Xinyang	$583
207 km or 129 mi	Anqing	$532
207 km or 129 mi	Yueyang	$595
209 km or 130 mi	Tongcheng	$592
213 km or 132 mi	Lu'an	$631
219 km or 136 mi	Nanchang	$526
233 km or 145 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
251 km or 156 mi	Shishou	$547
254 km or 158 mi	Jingzhou	$596
259 km or 161 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
263 km or 163 mi	Jingmen	$575
274 km or 171 mi	Zaoyang	$552
278 km or 173 mi	Hefei	$643
282 km or 175 mi	Tongling	$629
286 km or 178 mi	Fuyang	$595
286 km or 178 mi	Yicheng	$542
292 km or 182 mi	Zhumadian	$580
295 km or 183 mi	Xinyu	$593
298 km or 185 mi	Dangyang	$546