Gaborone vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$268	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	39	96
😀 Quality of life	56	74
🏙️ Population	236K	13.1M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 44% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6941st and 4359th ($691 vs $1244) 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 0.5 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 5825th and 1187th 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	$7.24	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592