Gaborone vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$243	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$445
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	72
😀 Quality of life	61	68
🏙️ Population	236K	2.95M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 24% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 7301st and 6330th ($668 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Ukraine, respectively. Check Botswana vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 5842nd and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Kyiv

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	Gaborone	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$7835

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561