Gaborone vs Nanyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Nanyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1713
🏠 One person rent	$268	$249
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$443
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	83 km
🎓 Higher education	39	19
😀 Quality of life	56	38
🏙️ Population	236K	9.71M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 9% more expensive than in Nanyang. Cities ranked 6941st and 7346th ($691 vs $632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 147th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.2 months in Nanyang. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Nanyang ranked 320th in China, while ranked 5825th and 7198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Nanyang

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	Gaborone	Nanyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$2.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$41.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$236
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$363
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$60.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3166
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1817
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$21.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.08
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$344
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$12899

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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 Nanyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Dengzhou	$600
98 km or 61 mi	Wugang	$571
99 km or 62 mi	Zaoyang	$591
105 km or 66 mi	Laohekou	$582
108 km or 67 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
109 km or 68 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
110 km or 68 mi	Xiangyang	$604
134 km or 83 mi	Ruzhou	$538
140 km or 87 mi	Zhumadian	$637
145 km or 90 mi	Yicheng	$577
152 km or 95 mi	Luohe	$591
155 km or 96 mi	Yuzhou	$552
163 km or 101 mi	Suizhou	$621
165 km or 103 mi	Xuchang	$586
169 km or 105 mi	Shiyan	$576
169 km or 105 mi	Dengfeng	$529
174 km or 108 mi	Xinyang	$655
178 km or 110 mi	Changge	$547
185 km or 115 mi	Luoyang	$505
188 km or 117 mi	Xinmi	$528
191 km or 119 mi	Xinzheng	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Yanshi	$509
196 km or 122 mi	Guangshui	$619
199 km or 124 mi	Gongyi	$522
204 km or 126 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
208 km or 129 mi	Zhoukou	$580
214 km or 133 mi	Mengzhou	$505
214 km or 133 mi	Xingyang	$519
220 km or 137 mi	Jingmen	$588
221 km or 137 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
222 km or 138 mi	Anlu	$615
226 km or 140 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
226 km or 141 mi	Jingshan	$584
228 km or 142 mi	Lingbao	$559
232 km or 144 mi	Jiyuan	$520
233 km or 145 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
236 km or 146 mi	Qinyang	$504
249 km or 155 mi	Yingcheng	$600
251 km or 156 mi	Dangyang	$558
256 km or 159 mi	Jiaozuo	$479