Gaborone vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$243	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$976
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	39	29
😀 Quality of life	61	49
🏙️ Population	236K	6.17M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 14% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 7301st and 6772nd ($668 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 5842nd and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Maoming

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	Gaborone	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$16634

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941