Gaborone vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$429
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$1025
🏠 One person rent	$285	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$318
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$62.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$173
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	39	63
😀 Quality of life	55	49
🏙️ Population	236K	14.9M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 67% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 6827th and 8915th ($718 vs $429) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Botswana and Pakistan, respectively. Check Botswana vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5800th and 6242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Karachi

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	Gaborone	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$13.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$141
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$96.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$307
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$97.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$9.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	21.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$338
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$4.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$5.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$3.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$16.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$15.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$52.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$42.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$1146

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$315
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$341
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$327
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$295
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$325
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$313
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$344
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$326
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$402
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$285
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$375
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$338
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$399
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$687
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$347
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$639
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$406
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$391
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$268
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$785
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$371
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$284
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$521
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$360
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$358
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$299
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$487
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$831
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$360
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$327
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$288
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1110
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$371
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$548