Gaborone vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$267	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	39	95
😀 Quality of life	55	88
🏙️ Population	246K	4.36M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 35% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7144th and 5229th ($656 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Botswana and Taiwan, respectively. Check Botswana vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5959th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs New Taipei

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	Gaborone	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$11035

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589