Gaborone vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$243	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$767
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	20
😀 Quality of life	61	46
🏙️ Population	236K	6.44M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 3% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 7301st and 7433rd ($668 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 5842nd and 6933rd 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	$9.79	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$28686

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620