Gaborone vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1618
🏠 One person rent	$268	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$639
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$240
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	39	66
😀 Quality of life	56	48
🏙️ Population	236K	1.96M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 32% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 6941st and 8454th ($691 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 72nd in Botswana and Iran, respectively. Check Botswana vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.5 months in Isfahan. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 5825th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Isfahan

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	Gaborone	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$0.88
🥤 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	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$175
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$898
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$9.25
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	26.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$2.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$5.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$1.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$77.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$594

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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 Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688