Gaborone vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$268	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	39	99
😀 Quality of life	56	95
🏙️ Population	236K	2.15M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 70% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6941st and 1222nd ($691 vs $2267) 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 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5825th and 25th 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	$7.24	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293