Gaborone vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$990
🏠 One person rent	$243	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$271
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	39	40
😀 Quality of life	61	55
🏙️ Population	236K	5.94M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 5% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 7301st and 7068th ($668 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Botswana and India, respectively. Check Botswana vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 5842nd and 6284th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Surat

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	Gaborone	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$922

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333