Gaborone vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$268	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	20
😀 Quality of life	56	41
🏙️ Population	236K	6.44M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 3% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6941st and 7052nd ($691 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 5825th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Shangrao

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	Gaborone	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621