Gaborone vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$2332
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$5652
🏠 One person rent	$285	$1380
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$2574
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$219
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$3717
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	39	91
😀 Quality of life	55	94
🏙️ Population	236K	1.51M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 69% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6827th and 1056th ($718 vs $2332) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Germany, respectively. Check Botswana vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5800th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Munich

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	Gaborone	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$77.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$5.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$1433
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$2772
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$9154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$7.51
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$9.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$78.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$23
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$1009
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$19483

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1886
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1838
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1869
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1837
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1817
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1805
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1782
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1686
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1777
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1688
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1871
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1664
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1650
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1224
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1655
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1717
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1714
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1657
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1614
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1652
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1618
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1751
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2024
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1630
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1619
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1783
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1612
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1740
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1665
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1607
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1668
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1778
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1668