Gaborone vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gaborone	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$731	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1792	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$272	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$439	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$320	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.9	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$4145
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	99
😀 Quality of life	60	98
🏙️ Population	236K	5.45M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 74% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7094th and 348th ($731 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Australia, respectively. Check Botswana vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5910th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Sydney

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	Gaborone	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.02	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.26	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.36	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.8	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1146	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1146	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.1	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.54	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.81	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.8	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.65	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.54	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.88	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.69	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$147	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2881	$21946

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$697
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$694
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$901
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$628
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1049
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$958
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$551
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$967
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1057
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1089
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$892
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$765
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$792
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$875
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$826
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$899
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$910
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$633
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$927
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$604
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$573
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$681
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$652
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$630
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$511
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$630
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$912
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$811
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$916
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$966
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$577

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864