Gaborone vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$995
🏠 One person rent	$267	$174
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$184
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	39	63
😀 Quality of life	55	53
🏙️ Population	246K	14.9M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 57% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7144th and 8902nd ($656 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Pakistan, respectively. Check Botswana vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 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 5959th and 6078th 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	$4.7	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$93.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$60.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$93.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	21.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$584
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$3.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$5.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$4.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$2.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$17.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$15.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$46.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$1093

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546