Gaborone vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$285	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$679
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	39	24
😀 Quality of life	55	38
🏙️ Population	236K	7.82M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 7% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6827th and 6542nd ($718 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 5800th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Shangqiu

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	Gaborone	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$18304

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542