Gaborone vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$3291
🏠 One person rent	$285	$535
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$1250
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$1789
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	39	95
😀 Quality of life	55	86
🏙️ Population	236K	2.6M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 38% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 6827th and 4715th ($718 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Taiwan, respectively. Check Botswana vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5800th and 311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Taipei

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	Gaborone	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.59
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$18424

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1028
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$868
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$828
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$864
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$698
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$931
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$841
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$818
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$761
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$707
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$706
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$661
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$801
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$841
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$683
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$666
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$654
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$719
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$821
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$776
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$807
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$712
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$673
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$719
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$702
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$643
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$731
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$708
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$633
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$716
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$605