Gaborone vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1501
🏠 One person rent	$268	$173
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$358
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$214
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$693
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	39	22
😀 Quality of life	56	39
🏙️ Population	236K	11M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 28% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 6941st and 8318th ($691 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 447th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.3 months in Linyi. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Linyi ranked 264th in China, while ranked 5825th and 7039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Linyi

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	Gaborone	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$6.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$137
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$80.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$219
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$5.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1033
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$36.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$68.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$6168

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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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$572
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$536
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$566
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$578
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$620
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$593
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$484
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$561
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$514
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$643
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$561
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$660
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$543
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$668
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$571
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$504
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$564
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$433
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$531
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$553
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$600
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$616
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$494
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$569
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$900
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$505
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$736
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$577
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$815
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$522
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$1385