Gaborone vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$268	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	39	70
😀 Quality of life	56	68
🏙️ Population	236K	12.7M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 20% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 6941st and 6198th ($691 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 18th 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 Suzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 5825th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Suzhou

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	Gaborone	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613