Gaborone vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gaborone	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$731	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1792	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$272	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$439	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.9	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	39	99
😀 Quality of life	60	96
🏙️ Population	236K	2.11M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 71% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7094th and 916th ($731 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and France, respectively. Check Botswana vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5910th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Paris

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	Gaborone	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.02	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.26	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.36	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1146	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1146	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.1	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.54	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.81	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.54	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.88	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.69	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$47	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$147	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2881	$17184

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$697
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$694
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$901
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$628
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1049
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$958
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$551
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$967
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1057
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1089
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$892
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$765
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$792
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$875
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$826
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$899
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$910
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$633
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$927
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$604
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$573
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$681
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$652
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$630
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$511
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$630
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$912
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$811
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$916
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$966
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$577

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544