Gaborone vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$268	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	39	69
😀 Quality of life	56	46
🏙️ Population	236K	11.1M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 68% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 6941st and 8934th ($691 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 Lahore. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 5825th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$1172

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346