Gaborone vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$243	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	39	96
😀 Quality of life	61	73
🏙️ Population	236K	13.3M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 54% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7301st and 4141st ($668 vs $1438) 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 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5842nd and 2664th 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	$9.79	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772