Gaborone vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$268	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	39	96
😀 Quality of life	56	80
🏙️ Population	236K	17.7M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 25% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6941st and 5950th ($691 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 5825th and 545th 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	$7.24	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609