Gaborone vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$243	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$608
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	39	70
😀 Quality of life	61	65
🏙️ Population	236K	10.6M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 32% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 7301st and 8645th ($668 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 489th 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 Shijiazhuang. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 5842nd and 5294th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Gaborone vs Shijiazhuang infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/gaborone/shijiazhuang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Gaborone vs Shijiazhuang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/gaborone/shijiazhuang" target="_blank">Gaborone vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Gaborone vs Shijiazhuang

Prices for goods and services in Gaborone and Shijiazhuang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Gaborone	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$4870

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707