Gaborone vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$268	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	39	71
😀 Quality of life	56	61
🏙️ Population	236K	10.6M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 44% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 6941st and 8748th ($691 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 5825th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Shijiazhuang

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	Gaborone	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$4785

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716