Gaborone vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gaborone	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$723	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1750	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$281	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$453	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$309	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.2	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$381
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	39	57
😀 Quality of life	61	63
🏙️ Population	236K	2.42M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 18% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 7140th and 6337th ($723 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Botswana and Brazil, respectively. Check Botswana vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 5784th and 5445th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Salvador

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	Gaborone	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.95	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$475	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$321	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.92%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1314	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.68	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2568	$15139

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$663
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$691
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$691
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$903
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$994
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$615
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1015
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$912
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$549
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$997
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1031
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$590
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1104
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$851
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$742
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$784
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$872
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$811
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$875
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$902
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$632
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$904
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$660
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$607
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$632
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$494
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$611
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$882
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$796
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$912
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1014
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$565

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751