Gaborone vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gaborone	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$723	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1750	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$281	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$453	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$309	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.2	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	39	90
😀 Quality of life	61	94
🏙️ Population	236K	1.51M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 71% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7140th and 863rd ($723 vs $2525) 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 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5784th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.95	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$475	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$321	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.92%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1314	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.68	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2568	$17274

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$663
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$691
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$691
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$903
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$994
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$615
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1015
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$912
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$549
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$997
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1031
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$590
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1104
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$851
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$742
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$784
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$872
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$811
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$875
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$902
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$632
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$904
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$660
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$607
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$632
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$494
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$611
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$882
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$796
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$912
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1014
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$565

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714