Gaborone vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$268	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	39	40
😀 Quality of life	56	48
🏙️ Population	236K	5.94M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 10% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6941st and 6559th ($691 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and India, respectively. Check Botswana vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 5825th and 6336th 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	$7.24	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340