Gaborone vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1970
🏠 One person rent	$268	$344
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$397
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	39	27
😀 Quality of life	56	52
🏙️ Population	236K	3.15M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 11% less expensive than in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Cities ranked 6941st and 6526th ($691 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Bolivia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Bolivia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.5 months in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranked 1st in Bolivia, while ranked 5825th and 6116th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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	Gaborone	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$543
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$54.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$31.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$1141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$4.68
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$5.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$4204

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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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Distance	City	Cost of living
258 km or 161 mi	Sucre	$666
304 km or 189 mi	Sacaba	$538
317 km or 197 mi	Cochabamba	$535
335 km or 208 mi	Potosi	$507
376 km or 233 mi	Trinidad	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Oruro	$600
446 km or 277 mi	Tarija	$630
528 km or 328 mi	Tartagal	$804
545 km or 339 mi	La Paz	$688
550 km or 342 mi	El Alto	$673
601 km or 373 mi	Corumba	$583
606 km or 377 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
617 km or 384 mi	Caceres	$643
650 km or 404 mi	Vilhena	$577
688 km or 428 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
691 km or 430 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
737 km or 458 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
744 km or 462 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
747 km or 464 mi	Tacna	$414
757 km or 470 mi	Arica	$748
758 km or 471 mi	Puno	$520
772 km or 480 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
779 km or 484 mi	Iquique	$923
779 km or 484 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
781 km or 485 mi	Juliaca	$547
789 km or 490 mi	Varzea Grande	$682
792 km or 492 mi	Calama	$673
795 km or 494 mi	Cuiaba	$725
811 km or 504 mi	Salta	$1121
863 km or 536 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
865 km or 537 mi	Concepcion	$521
876 km or 544 mi	Ariquemes	$575
900 km or 559 mi	Arequipa	$588
921 km or 573 mi	Rondonopolis	$546
941 km or 585 mi	Ponta Pora	$586
944 km or 587 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$502
949 km or 589 mi	Campo Grande	$588
992 km or 616 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
1001 km or 622 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1005 km or 625 mi	Dourados	$599