Gaborone vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gaborone	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1745	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$267	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$554	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$271	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.4	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$460	$1657
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	39	95
😀 Quality of life	55	87
🏙️ Population	246K	2.6M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 44% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 7144th and 4516th ($656 vs $1169) 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 0.7 months in Gaborone compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5959th and 209th 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	$4.7	$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.2	$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.24	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$524	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$392	$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.9	$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$93.6	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.18%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1102	$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$967	$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$9.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.84	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.37	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.94	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.85	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5329	$19102

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$603
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$631
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$633
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$845
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$605
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$751
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$783
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$776
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$511
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$755
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$875
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$554
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$889
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$908
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$741
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$637
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$631
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$701
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$682
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$866
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$746
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$550
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$753
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$535
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$558
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$777
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$447
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$511
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$739
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$643
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$978
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1084
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$722

Cities near Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1011
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$860
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$861
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$863
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$917
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$860
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$746
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$995
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$890
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$857
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$791
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$725
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$664
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$675
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$952
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$913
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$694
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$689
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$676
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$744
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$851
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$787
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$721
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$735
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$678
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$741
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$667
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$719
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$713
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$655
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$811
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$725
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$644
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$721
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$588
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589