Gaborone vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$285	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	39	56
😀 Quality of life	55	58
🏙️ Population	236K	2.42M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 3% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6827th and 6712th ($718 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Botswana and Brazil, respectively. Check Botswana vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 5800th and 5558th 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	$7.62	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$10964

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610