Gaborone vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$243	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	39	63
😀 Quality of life	61	54
🏙️ Population	236K	14.9M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 55% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7301st and 8915th ($668 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Botswana and Pakistan, respectively. Check Botswana vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5842nd and 6371st 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	$9.79	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$1491

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558