Gaborone vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$243	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$969
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	39	96
😀 Quality of life	61	78
🏙️ Population	236K	17.5M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 24% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 7301st and 6334th ($668 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5842nd and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Shenzhen

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	Gaborone	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634