Gaborone vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$268	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$725
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	39	60
😀 Quality of life	56	53
🏙️ Population	236K	9.4M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 2% less expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 6941st and 6849th ($691 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st 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 months in Ningbo. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 5825th and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Ningbo

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	Gaborone	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$12465

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522