Gaborone vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$268	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1236
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	39	58
😀 Quality of life	56	62
🏙️ Population	236K	5.95M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 35% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 6941st and 8539th ($691 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Botswana and India, respectively. Check Botswana vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 5825th and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Pune

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	Gaborone	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$1975

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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 Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367