Gaborone vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$267	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	39	96
😀 Quality of life	55	73
🏙️ Population	246K	12.5M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 36% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7144th and 5167th ($656 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Russia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5959th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Moscow

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	Gaborone	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$10868

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517