Gaborone vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$285	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	39	92
😀 Quality of life	55	86
🏙️ Population	236K	1.38M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 56% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6827th and 3084th ($718 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Botswana and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Botswana vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5800th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$12545

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141