Gaborone vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$2103
🏠 One person rent	$267	$389
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$788
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$733
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	39	82
😀 Quality of life	55	66
🏙️ Population	246K	5.38M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 19% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 7144th and 6353rd ($656 vs $811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Botswana and Russia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 0.9 months in Saint Petersburg. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 5959th and 4239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Saint Petersburg

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	Gaborone	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.7	$6.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$89.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$5.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	11.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$3262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$1917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$36.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$6.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$32.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$21.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$6504

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$814
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$906
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1121
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1358
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$933
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1366
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1349
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1376
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1218
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$920
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1330
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1277
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$461
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1163
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1396
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1491
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1089
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1632
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1736
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1403
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1498
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$532
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1825
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1194
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1499
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1291
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1907
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1464
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1335
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$909
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1519
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1317
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1257
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1414
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1475
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1363
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$982
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1438